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But what about our phones? Why are people so OK with an online account for their phone or tablet but not laptop?

• dpark 6mo ago
  I don’t entirely know. It’s not something that especially bothers me. I will say that I think the forced linking has encouraged other unpleasant behavior like the profile folder hijacking to OneDrive. I rather like having this stuff in OneDrive. I do not like that it is pushed so aggressively. “We moved all your stuff to OneDrive. You need to subscribe so we don’t delete it.” This feels hostile. So some of the distaste with logins tied to the cloud is probably more about the surrounding ecosystem.
• voxl 6mo ago
  How would the answer to this question illuminate your understanding? People using windows at their job also don't care. "Caring" does not need to be consistent across a group of people.
  • dpark 6mo ago
    What kind of answer is this? This seems condescending and literally provides no answer. Why even post this?
    • voxl 6mo ago
      You read what you want into the message, but have you considered turning your own perspective onto your own post?
• varenc 6mo ago
  An Apple account also isn't required on an iPhone. They certainly encourage you create or link one on device setup, but it's not required to use the phone. Though one IS required to download apps, so you could argue it functionally is required.
• culopatin 6mo ago
  Because I get benefits from it. With Apple I get a way of managing my devices, seeing location, remote erase, sharing services with family, storage, all integrated in a way that is there if I need it, out of my sight if I don’t. What benefits am I getting from a Windows account? Syncing my profile picture? OneDrive is a mess I rather not have, is never happy.