On the plus side, I have finally restored my iPhone [1]. Of course, to do that, I had to disable “Find my iPhone” before iTunes would restore my iPhone. If course, when you do that, you get this friendly email from Apple [2]:
From: Find My iPhone <noreply@insideicloud.icloud.com>
To: sean@conman.org
Subject: Find My iPhone has been disabled on iPhone.
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 03:48:57 +0000 (GMT)
> Find My iPhone has been disabled on iPhone.
With Find My iPhone disabled, this device can no longer be located, placed in Lost Mode, or remotely erased using icloud.com/find or the Find My iPhone iOS app.
In addition, your Apple ID and password will no longer be required for someone to erase, reactivate, and use your iPhone.
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iCloud is a service provided by Apple. > Apple ID: https://appleid.apple.com/choose-your-country/ [3] > Support: https://www.apple.com/support/icloud/ww [4] > Terms and Conditions: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/icloud/ww/ [5] > Privacy Policy: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/privacy/ [6] > Copyright 2015Apple Inc. 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA 95014, United States. All rights reserved.
XXXX you too, Apple!
Apple is **really** pushing the iCloud [7] thing. **Really** pushing it. Like, “you know you'll be XXXXXX if you don't use this, right?” pushing it.
No, I do **NOT** want to use it. And yet, I have to keep telling Apple that over and over and over again as I run various applications.
Sigh.
[3] https://appleid.apple.com/choose-your-country/
[4] https://www.apple.com/support/icloud/ww
[5] https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/icloud/ww/