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IIRC turning off sync asks you this question: “Are you sure you want to continue? All iCloud notes will be removed from your iPhone.”

I feel as if your wife’s Problem was not Apple but the person administering her iOS devices.

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You say that but there should be an easy/painless way to get out of iCloud.

In this case there is. You view the main page of notes and it shows the notes under “iCloud”. Create a local folder, move the notes over, and disable iCloud. Easy peasy

Presented to the user as part of the off boarding process rather than separately.

I don’t think that’s unreasonable.

If I have paid for a service good off boarding is part of the service I am paying for.

>If I have paid for a service good off boarding is part of the service I am paying for.

Are you serious? "No off boarding" is Apple's entire business model.

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