XPost: comp.sys.mac.system, alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.mobile.android   
   From: usenet@arnowelzel.de   
      
   Marion, 2025-04-07 22:34:   
      
   [...]   
   > When an IPA is installed on an iOS device, it's signed with a provisioning   
   > profile that is tied to a specific Apple Developer account and a set of   
   > authorized devices. For apps downloaded from the App Store, this process is   
   > managed by Apple and linked to your Apple ID.   
   >   
   > All apps, even those which might be considered "free & open source" suffer   
   > this process, since every single app ever downloaded from Apple's App Store   
   > restricts their usage to the Apple ID that originally downloaded them.   
      
   Well - in that case this is irrelevant, since free apps can be   
   downloaded again from the original source.   
      
   [...]   
   > The question now arises as to *why* Apple adds your unique Apple ID to   
   > every app installed from the Apple App Store, even those which you'd   
   > otherwise consider to be "free & open source". Note that Apple can track   
   > not only your usage of that app, but meta data inherent in that usage.   
      
   Maybe because for *paid* apps Apple wants to control on which devices   
   the app is used. And since apple does not expect anyone providing apps   
   for free, this also affects those apps as well. Also keep in min: to   
   distribute apps in the App Store you have to pay a yearly fee for the   
   membership in the developer program, regardless if your app is a free   
   app or not.   
      
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