[drglitch]

This reads like a machine that has DEP enabled and getting locked remotely ;)

On a more serious note, I ran macs on multiple occasions without an AppleID - it presents maybe one nag a month, usually when you accidentally open “Messages”.

Microsoft, sadly, has also been increasingly more annoying with pushing online accounts on people’s machines lately.

[lathiat]

Apple is doing the same now :/ the wizard tries hard for you not to

[asvitkine]

My experience is that the popup appears every time I unlock the computer, but it's not modal / blocking, so can be ignored but really annoying.