Post by @nickadam on Tue, 25 Nov 14 15:34:04 +0000 View Full Post

Apple is now requiring a credit card for Apple IDs on iOS devices



I am in the midst of rolling out over 1000 iPads to users that have never had a device assigned to them. We were reliably following this article to create an Apple ID without a credit card, http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT2534. Yesterday, 2014-11-24, while helping a user create a new Apple ID I noticed that this method no longer works. To test this I provisioned a new, never before used email address and started with a fresh iPad.



During the iPad OOBE setup, when asked if I wanted to login with an Apple ID I chose, skip. Then I went to the App store and searched for a free App



After clicking "Free" and "Install", this was the first message. From what I can recall of doing this dozens of times over the past couple of months, this is new.

After clicking OK, I'm presented with the familiar prompt that includes "Create New Apple ID"

After clicking “Create New Apple ID”, entering all the information for the new, never before used, email address, I’m hit with the Payment screen and “None” is not an option.

I called Apple Enterprise support and, of course, the first thing they say is, “it’s always been this way.” Argh! I showed the “senior engineer” the article and he suggested I complain via the iPad feedback forms. Nice… So Apple this, in part, is my complaint.