Hey everyone,
Fedora and MacOS (mainly for creative tasks) user here. I’m using my Mac without any Apple ID and wonder if in the future Apple could make the use of an Apple ID necessary for age verification. I could live with just logging in the Mac App Store with my Apple account (which shouldn’t log me in to the whole iCloud thing). But I would prefer not using any Apple ID at all. Has there been any news or experience on that front?
Not that I’m aware of. You could use Fedora Asahi Remix if it did happen.
They certainly can, it is their hardware, not yours.
I’d start looking into linux apps just in case. They may not be as good, but you might be stuck with them.
Logging into the mac store, at least with the app, does log you into icloud and all that. You don’t have to use any of it, but you will be logged in.
To be completely honest, unless Apple actually removed local accounts, I would stick with the stock Apple OS. Asahi isn’t mature and fully compatible with Apple’s hardware yet. Battery life is significantly worse, etc. Next time you need a laptop, consider an x86 machine such as a ThinkPad, XPS, or a “native” Linux option like System76.
I have a current mac without any apple account logged in. You can’t use the apple store, but updates work and you can still use xcode command line tools.
Mac without macOS is basically nothing. Security, power, efficiency, functions… Why don’t you buy a PC?
Care to elaborate in technical terms against Fedora Asahi Linux instead of outright dismissal?
I already have a Mac?? Have you tried Fedora Asahi Remix?
Based on my experience with macOS and iOS skipping the initial account login and then later just logging into the App Store is different. You don’t get the iCloud sync toggles etc and it just logs you in for just the App Store and not the other apps. As I said that would be an option if they required an account for age verification