Pointing out to this comment that suggest another option to bypass the account :

https://reddthat.com/comment/22001680

To be clear, I agree we shouldn’t have to go through so many hoops to just not have an account on a local OS… At the same time I agree spreading misinformation on the subject is not good either…

No, that just means that an installation with a Microsoft account will track you with it.

But I’m nor saying you won’t get any tracking with a local account either. In any case there is “telemetry”.

Terrible analogy honestly. Feel free to not use this software, nobody will ever force you to use it.

This is not software to entertain you. It’s a tool that you don’t understand how to use and choose to blame the people building it for free.

Do I really need to remind this is free software made by benevolent developers? I get it it’s infuriating but it’s still in some way a gift you were given and seem unhappy with.