Apple will permanently _disable_ your iPhone if you refuse to log into their iCloud periodically nospam. You _know_ this is true.
Want proof? I _tested_ two iPads, both of which Apple _requires_ a login years later!
If you don't eventually log into their iCloud - Apple _disables_ the device! Don't believe me?
Look here:
- Apple "ID Verification" prompts come up ten, twenty or more times a day. formatting link2. Apple "Sign-in to iCloud" prompts come up a dozen or more times a day.formatting link3. Apple won't let you sign in even with the _correct_ login & password.formatting link4. The Apple web site is so poorly designed it doesn't even tell you why.formatting link5. Eventually, as it did with one of my iPads already, Apple destroys it.formatting linkformatting link6. On my 2nd iPad, the Apple apps stop working (but everything else works!)formatting link7. Every single day, many times a day, you're confronted with tracking crap such as this "Some account services require you to sign in again"formatting link8. Interestingly, you can update your iOS (which I almost never do) as shown here where I updated this week from iOS 13 to iOS 15 (and it let me).formatting link9. And you can wipe out your Siri recordings (due to the recent zero-day).formatting link10. Yet Apple tracking servers still require "Apple ID Verification"formatting link11. And, you can install an app, but if you delete it, you can't re-install.formatting linkformatting link12. In the end, if you attempt that forced validation on VPN, Apple unilaterally destroys your investment by locking you out of it forever!formatting link13. All because Apple tracking servers _require_ periodic ID verification.formatting linkformatting link