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Re:Samsung TV owners complain about increasingly obtrusive ads by simonh on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @10:53AM (#24628534)
That doesn't sound right. You do need an iCloud account to enable some functionality, for example to enable seamlessly switching AirPods between different Apple devices.
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Re:Samsung TV owners complain about increasingly obtrusive ads by WrtCdEvrydy on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @09:13PM (#24634872)
I started the phone, put the pin in and triggered the upgrade.

After the upgrade completed there is an only an option to put in a email/password for icloud and there is no "skip" or "do later" button I could find.

I'm pretty derpy but I can tell you it is true.

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Re:Samsung TV owners complain about increasingly obtrusive ads by LexGray on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @12:26PM (#24640489)
Sounds like you picked up the SE used and it had an activation lock. One of the more annoying things Apple has done was to take down the page for checking that before purchase.

That or you put in an iCloud account at some point but it did not get removed successfully.

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Re:Samsung TV owners complain about increasingly obtrusive ads by WrtCdEvrydy on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @11:47PM (#24647150)
Nope, found it eventually.

iOS 14 merges the 'not now' from iOS 13 into a 'forgot my account or don't set up now'.

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