They need my credit card # for Genius?!

I just want to try out the new genius function but it seems they must have my credit number for me to complete the login. What kind of website forces you to provide your credit card details just to log in?!
poor form apple. poor form.
is this really how it is?

Yeah I think so. Genius is tring to sell you products from the store - so you need a store account for which you need a credit card number.

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