Do you need a Google account to opt out of the restriction? It says something about authenticating. I don't have a Google account on my Androids. But I can't r

Do you need a Google account to opt out of the restriction? It says something about authenticating. I don't have a Google account on my Androids. But I can't remove play services on them, sadly. As an intermediate protection I just don't sign in to Google play, that gives them at least a bit less identifying information to play with. I hope this can be done without a Google account.