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VictorMortimer said:

It won't help.

Users have no idea what you're talking about when you say Apple ID, they don't know that it's an email address, they don't know that it's the same thing they use for iCloud, they're confused as to what iCloud is, and they definitely don't know how to remove devices they're selling/giving away from it.

I don't know what the fix is, but a simple rename isn't going to help.

But it WILL help!

I have to deal with a lot of seniors in my family who get confused as hell by the 'Apple ID' moniker. To them, an ID is something you have in your wallet. They do understand that an account is a record you have with a company where you keep either money or information—and that an account on a computer is for another user on the same machine. The same extension by which "account" became the nomenclature so many decades ago. By changing the name to 'Apple Account,' it better labels just what is is for them.

It may seem to be just another marketing label rebranding, but for people who did not grow up with computers as an integral part of their life, this will make comprehending what is going on a lot easier.