How to completely, totally delete iCloud account?

Dear experts,
I want to delete an iCloud account that is not relevant any longer.
And I want to completely erase, nuke, wipe it out from the servers of Apple.
Now, to my great surprise, it appears to be impossible: read this.
Also I've seen this thread and this one.
All these links tell that the account cannot be deleted: one can only "unlink" it from a certain device/computer.
But the account itself, and all data (visible by users or hidden) remains with Apple forever.
This simply cannot be true, given the today's standards of privacy, retention of user data and so on.
So, can some kind soul point me to the instructions how to *totally* delete the account and all traces of it forever, using a PC or other, unrelated Apple device/Mac?
I wanted to delete the account of previous iPad user, who does not need it any more. I have all the passwords.
Then, I planned to create my own account.
But, if creating Apple account is an one-way road, I won't use iCloud or appstore, and likely will get rid of the iPad as well...
Looking forward for a solution...
dd bug.

Anyone from Apple? Please?
Ok, will try to call them as suggested here...
- dd

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