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   From: marion@facts.com   
      
   On Tue, 8 Apr 2025 00:45:01 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote :   
      
      
   >> No other common consumer operating system restricts free app re-use.   
   >> Only Apple.   
   >   
   > that defines that software as "non Free", period. Don't beat   
   > around the bush. Meaning, don't write long explanations. That is not   
   > Free software. It may be gratis, but it is not Free. Uppercase.   
      
   There is free open source software which does not cost money but when   
   distributed by the Apple App Store, it's locked to a specific Apple ID.   
      
   No other operating system vendor does that for software that is free.   
   Only Apple.   
      
   Call it whatever you want to call it, but that's what Apple does to it.   
      
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