People inside Microsoft are fighting to drop Windows 11's mandatory Microsoft Account requirements during setup

Microsoft's big sweeping set of changes coming soon to Windows 11 don't address its controversial Microsoft account requirements, but that might soon change.

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Serious question: why is this not a problem with apple products?
How do you mean?

people remember creating an Apple Account login and using it on their laptop, but don't understand that it's connected in fundamentally different ways.

The answer is: Because the Apple Login is not calling out for every service, including login.