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by fragmede 149 days ago
Maybe in the 90's before Gmail came about so everyone still used their university or ISP email accounts.
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netsharc 149 days ago
Hotmail came in the mid 90s, Yahoo Mail followed soon, I don't think Apple was cloudy at all back then.

I suppose those mail services were "cloud"...

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VerifiedReports 149 days ago
Not sure what this is replying to...
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fragmede 146 days ago
> So of course people thought that when they changed jobs, cable companies, or whatever... they needed to create a new Apple ID with their new E-mail address.
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