XPost: comp.sys.mac.system, alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.mobile.android   
   From: usenet@arnowelzel.de   
      
   Marion, 2025-04-08 12:25:   
      
   > On Tue, 8 Apr 2025 19:19:39 +1000, Daniel70 wrote :   
   >   
   >   
   >> Am I mis-reading what is being posted here??   
   >>   
   >> Both Marion *AND* Carlos E.R. seem to be suggesting that *only* Apple   
   >> locks a user into their/Apples system .... Other OSs/systems are not   
   >> locking their users into THEIR OSs/Systems.   
   >>   
   >> Or am I mis-understanding what is being posted??   
   >   
   > Assuming compatible hardware & operating system APIs... it's a fact that...   
   >   
   > 1. On Windows, Linux, Android & to some extent macOS, if you download   
   >    any installer (from anywhere), that installer can (almost always)   
   >    be re-used on any other similar machine (assuming compatible hardware).   
   >   
   > 2. On iOS, it can't.   
      
   Which is irrelevant, since you do not copy the installer itself to   
   another device as you can do in Linux or Windows. The usual way would be   
   to use the App Store again to download and install the app again if needed.   
      
   Even in Android it is not the usual way to copy APK files from one   
   device to another if you change your device. Yes, technicall it *may* be   
   possible - but only if the app was not distributed as AAB (Android   
   application bundle) with device specific parts which may not even work   
   on the other device due to different CPU architecture. But Google Play   
   only provides the device specific APK not the AAB which was used by the   
   publisher to upload the app in the first place.   
      
   > The *reason* you can't re-use Apple IPAs is Apple locks the downloaded   
   > software to a specific unique Apple ID so that it can only be installed on   
   > devices with that specific unique Apple ID.   
      
   Yes - so what? Nobody will or can even copy installer files from one   
   iPhone or iPad to another to get them re-used with a different Apple ID.   
      
      
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