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iPod touch What the hell?!? iPod Touch REQUIRES registration!?!
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I give up. 
The collective has spoken. Resistance (to registration) is futile. You will be assimilated. Your details will be uploaded into the collective.
Why will you not register? Resistance is futile.
The collective has spoken. Resistance (to registration) is futile. You will be assimilated. Your details will be uploaded into the collective.
Why will you not register? Resistance is futile.
Again,
What Apple is requesting from it's user base on the iPod touch is not illegal, as you are given the choice to accept or decline their request.
1. The OP is completely justified in saying that requiring registration is a bad policy.
2. The OP shouldn't have registered the product if he thought that was a bad policy.
3. In that event, I suspect that Apple would have taken the product back.
All that aside, I thought the OP said that he hadn't agreed to Apple's terms and conditions. If that's true, then I think he can still reasonably request that Apple take the product back.
And I agree with all the posters who said the OP was dumb to have the iPod engraved without determining for sure that he wants the product.
But most importantly, and aside from all this, the original question is a good one: Is there any way to get around Apple's forced registration of the iPT? Does anyone know?
2. The OP shouldn't have registered the product if he thought that was a bad policy.
3. In that event, I suspect that Apple would have taken the product back.
All that aside, I thought the OP said that he hadn't agreed to Apple's terms and conditions. If that's true, then I think he can still reasonably request that Apple take the product back.
And I agree with all the posters who said the OP was dumb to have the iPod engraved without determining for sure that he wants the product.
But most importantly, and aside from all this, the original question is a good one: Is there any way to get around Apple's forced registration of the iPT? Does anyone know?
I have never used the newest iPod Touch. However, by my recollection, with all my previous iPods it has always been possible to click cancel at the registration prompt and still end up with a fully functional device - that's not possible with your device?
If the Cancel button doesn't work, the short answer is you should probably just fill in a bunch of bogus information. Any correctly formatted email address, regardless of whether it actually exists or not, will probably work.
If the Cancel button doesn't work, the short answer is you should probably just fill in a bunch of bogus information. Any correctly formatted email address, regardless of whether it actually exists or not, will probably work.
The OP claims that the product is unusable unless the request is accepted. Furthermore, the product is un-returnable, despite no warning that the product would be unusable without accepting a supplimentary agreement, namely, the requirement to submit personal information. Sounds like a pretty clear cut example of coercion to me.
Did the OP claim to have registered the product? I admit I was skimming the thread, but I don't reacll having read that.
I agree with the OP, I don't think you should have to register to get this thing to work. I did with my touch and I wish I hadn't because I think Apple detected I was running Windows and they came to my house and killed my family.
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I think this is fitting.
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I think this is fitting.
I don't think I should have to read licensing agreements.
I don't think I should have to try a product before I buy it.
I don't think I should have to explain myself to anyone.
I don't think the Monroe doctrine is relevant...
And anyone who disagrees with me is uninformed, uneducated, and entirely unworthy of my dubious enlightenment.
For someone who holds such scorchingly opinionated views, he did a remarkable job of NOT researching his options before he customized that touch and registered it.
I don't think I should have to try a product before I buy it.
I don't think I should have to explain myself to anyone.
I don't think the Monroe doctrine is relevant...
And anyone who disagrees with me is uninformed, uneducated, and entirely unworthy of my dubious enlightenment.
For someone who holds such scorchingly opinionated views, he did a remarkable job of NOT researching his options before he customized that touch and registered it.
I am not going to comment directly to the original posters issues with registration, but i do have a question.
There have been a few people who have agreed with the "bad policy" of the ipod touch's forced registration. Do people who feel that way not register any of their electronics? and if so how do you go about things such as warranty repair?
I honestly had put no thought into the issue as I have always wanted my prone-to-have-breaking-parts purchases covered by a manufacturer for a year at least.
Dont mean to hijack this directly, I just find this opposing view and am somewhat curious if it carries over to things such as a laptop computer .
There have been a few people who have agreed with the "bad policy" of the ipod touch's forced registration. Do people who feel that way not register any of their electronics? and if so how do you go about things such as warranty repair?
I honestly had put no thought into the issue as I have always wanted my prone-to-have-breaking-parts purchases covered by a manufacturer for a year at least.
Dont mean to hijack this directly, I just find this opposing view and am somewhat curious if it carries over to things such as a laptop computer .
Right, and the software provider has full entitlement to require software registration as part of their licensing process.
A consumer is also not legally required to accept the terms of the software or the registration process. He was legally able decline those, and return the product . However, it is not clear if he eventually did register the product or not. If he did accept the software agreement, and register, he has waived these rights.
ummm...right. I think you are entirely talking about two separate things here. What I think is that you were given to complete a registration form, but you were also given a choice of whether to "cancel/later/whatever". I am assuming you hit cancel, so another registration screen pops up. I think that second form is simply signing in your Itunes account or registering for one if you did not have one already. This is my take on this big, misunderstanding mess.
Lastly, maybe I am wrong here. I do not understand this forced registration thing? It seems like many people can get out of it, but not you.
Once Apple knows what kind of work you do--- your age--- and that you're either buying an ipod for the first time or replacing an old one-- THEY OWN YOU! I'm amazed Congress hasn't launched an investigation into the disappearance of all those consumer's souls.
Seriously-- Im glad to provide them with that info, so in the future-- new cool features are added to the iPod so I can make better use of it. I'd love to see some decent drawing programs for the touch-- the ones we have right now are so blocky.
No, wolfpup was the original poster, and it is he (or she) who set the actual topic - "why does the iPod Touch require registration?".
It's you and the others posters who are dragging this thread off topic by incessantly demanding to know why he doesn't want to register.
You don't need to know. You don't need to understand. You don't need to agree with him/her. Wolfpup just wanted to know if there was a workaround for the registration process, and wondered why it's required, and if Apple should make this clear before you purchase it; it's not him/her who's dragging this thread off topic.
I just don't understand what the big deal is. You bought an Apple iPod Touch, it wan't you to register it. What's the problem?
But when he's told no, you can't return it-- or any other answer that isn't the "Yes. Walk into store, return for full refund", then he makes a fuss about how uneducated we are and goes all zany, naturally leading us to wonder wtf is the issue.
Some people might actually have work to do and can't be here all the time. I'm sure he will comeback. He doesn't seem to be someone who is scared of being attacked.
It seemed like he was responding every few seconds, and i admit I didnt take into account time zones and work. I technically wouldnt even be on right now but im home sick from school.
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