1st test of Jolly Roger's claim that Apple mobile devices are NOT designed as dumb terminals only

While I'm pretty sure it's impossible to set up an Apple device for
privacy, I will try to set up my new 10th generation iPad w/o Internet.

 *I just bought two 10th generation inexpensive iPads for $300 each*
 <https://www.novabbs.com/computers/article-flat.php?id=16562&group=misc.phone.mobile.iphone#16562>

The first step is to use the iPad as a smart device, which I suspect is
impossible but Jolly Roger insists that iOS isn't designed as a dumb
terminal (devoid of any functionality without the Apple mainframe matrix).

So here's the very first test of Jolly Roger's claim:
 <https://i.postimg.cc/m2cRzXkp/10genipad03.jpg>

Q: How do I set it up WITHOUT logging into Apple's mainframe servers?
A: ?

Where's the skip button when it asks:
 "Choose a Wi-Fi network"

Note: Every "smart" common consumer operating system asks teh same question
at first, but "smart" devices provide a skip button to omit this step.