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There's a similar thing with Google accounts and Android, amirite? I've avoided having a Google account but it hasn't always been easy.
by throwaway81523 4mo ago
There's a similar thing with Google accounts and Android, amirite? I've avoided having a Google account but it hasn't always been easy.
- m463 4mo agoyou can use an iphone without an apple id. - you have to dodge dark patterns to get through setup without one - you can't install software
- opan 4mo agoI've mostly just used LineageOS for several years now, but I believe the first time setup pushes you to sign in to a Google account, but you can easily skip it. If you do sign in, it's sticky/permanent and I think may require a reinstall to get back out of it.
- throwaway81523 4mo agoLineage is interesting but doesn't support my phone or others that is want. Same with Graphene.
- as1mov 4mo agoSurprisingly no, you can use an Android phone without an account. Though you cannot install any applications from the Play Store, tbf I'll count that almost as a positive.
- tick_tock_tick 4mo agoYou can do that just fine. Huge swaths of people just use the Amazon app store or the Samsung One. F-Droid is also an option if you don't want to make any accounts.
- throwaway81523 4mo agoYeah I use f-droid. I wouldn't want to use Amazon or Samsung etc.