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           iCloud this and iCloud that. What about uShutTheXXXXUp!

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 <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> 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.
>
> --
>
> 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.

[1] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2015/10/05.1
[2] http://www.apple.com/
[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/
[6] https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/privacy/
[7] https://www.icloud.com/

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