XPost: comp.sys.mac.system, alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.mobile.android   
   From: marion@facts.com   
      
   On 9 Apr 2025 15:35:53 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote :   
      
      
   > That *is* a difference with (free (as in no-cost)) Android apps and   
   > many free Windows software. That's why I save Android APKs [1] and   
   > Windows install packages, in case I want/need to install them on a new   
   > device.  (Case in point: The *22 year old* Hamster news server which   
   > brings you this article! :-))   
      
   There's a very important technical point to be made in what Frank said.   
   Very few people know or understand how important it is what Frank said.   
      
   Frank is correct that with every other common consumer operating system   
   other than Apple's iOS, you can restore the exact version you had prior.   
      
   With iOS, you can't.   
   And that's bad.   
      
   With iOS, there is no such thing as a backup of an app.   
   A backup does not exist.   
      
   Apple has forbidden its users the decency of that app backup.   
      
   The only thing Apple will allow the user to back up is the app data.   
   But not the app.   
      
   The fact is that it's uniquely impossible to back up any iOS device.   
   My assessment of that fact is *that* is what's uniquely bad about iOS.   
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