But will it try to force me to create an Apple account just to turn it on for the first time, or whatever other bullshit happened last time I tried to buy one?
You don’t need an Apple Account to use a MacBook and never have - it’s only required for specific services like if you want to use iCloud or the App Store.
what is a thing is you involuntarily becoming part of apple’s covert peer-to-peer network of unknown security, breadth, or function, that works even when your device is supposedly off and that you can’t opt out of or disable.
But will it try to force me to create an Apple account just to turn it on for the first time, or whatever other bullshit happened last time I tried to buy one?
You don’t need an Apple Account to use a MacBook and never have - it’s only required for specific services like if you want to use iCloud or the App Store.
Why do people feel the need to yell their little fantasies onto the internet?
that’s not a thing,
what is a thing is you involuntarily becoming part of apple’s covert peer-to-peer network of unknown security, breadth, or function, that works even when your device is supposedly off and that you can’t opt out of or disable.