This is the most HN answer ever.

"I'm having trouble creating an Apple Developer account, has anyone had similar experiences?"

"Have you considered an Android version?"

When someone asks how to do X, telling them to do Y is almost never the right answer.

It gives us context and a lot more information to help answer the question - I think it's perfectly reasonable to ask if he's considered it.

How does his consideration of an unrelated platform give insight to his trouble creating an account somewhere else?

I might have to go that route.