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The average user you describe doesn’t care if they have to login using a Microsoft account, and probably need to do so anyway if they have any Xbox content or a Microsoft 365 license.

Mac computers are the same way. While macOS lets you use the system without an Apple ID, you’d be hard pressed to find a consumer user who isn’t logged in for one reason or another, whether it’s the Mac App Store or iCloud Photos or something like that.



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