I'm not sure what the basis for that statement is. You need to have a "Microsoft account" (which used to be Windows Live ID). I'm sure that can also be used t

I'm not sure what the basis for that statement is. You need to have a "Microsoft account" (which used to be Windows Live ID). I'm sure that can also be used to login to their web mail platform, but that seems pretty much the same as Google or Apple or any other provider that uses a unified ID. I mean, here's the signup page, which pretty clearly lets you provide your own email address or choose to use a new Microsoft one: https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx