HT5622 Why, in the name of all that is good and Holy, can I not make my iCloud email address my Apple ID?

I want to ELIMINATE Google. From my life. I don't need their mail, I don't need their maps. I don't need their productivity software, I don't need their apps. I don't want them crawling all my data when I search the web. I don't need their browser, I don't need their OS. I don't need their videos, I don't need their chat.
But guess what? My old Google email is my iCloud ID! F me right? So now I would have to reactivate my old Yahoo! account (imposible?) or create a new one (NOT) or add a new email to my personal website service (since my email for that is already another Apple/iCloud ID) because I can't use my iCloud.com email address as my Apple/iCloud ID. WHAT GIVES? Is it some sort of security thing? It doesn't make any sense! Has anyone else had this problem? Is this the reality, or am I missing something?

Hi Powers,
Yeah, sorry about that.... Here's the scoop:
If, when you go to Manage your Apple ID, the Apple ID and the Primary email address
are on two separate lines, then you are good to go - just change the email address (that is how my old one is).
However, if it has the Apple ID/Primary email address both in the same box, you will have to change it. So, if that is the case, your best bet is to get a new email address from whatever service you wish, then Edit your old Google Apple ID to the new email address. That will change the corresponding iCloud address at the same time, so you are basically only "updating" your Apple ID with a new valid email address.
Sorry about any confusion. My primary Apple ID is my @me.com one, and my other one is super old, so that is why it probably has the Primary email address as a separate field from the Apple ID.
Hope that this all makes sense. Post back if you have questions!
Cheers,
GB
P.S., I hope you don't want to kill me now....

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