XPost: comp.sys.mac.system, alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.mobile.android   
   From: marion@facts.com   
      
   On Wed, 9 Apr 2025 12:35:58 +0200, Arno Welzel wrote :   
      
      
   >> 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.   
      
   What we're all trying to do is learn how the various systems work.   
      
   The original question was what was *different* & whether it was good or   
   bad, where what's different with iOS is Apple locks every installer to you.   
      
   Apple thinks that's good because it prevents Apple owners from ever leaving   
   the subterranean passageways that are often referred to as the "ecosystem".   
      
   I think it's bad for that very same reason.   
      
   Just one example of where it's bad compared to other operating systems is   
   the common situation of the last known good version of any given app.   
      
   If you happen to have installed on your Android the last known good version   
   of any given app, you can re-install that app on *billions* of Androids.   
      
   The point not being the sheer number but the fact it's unrestricted re-use.   
   However... that same scenario won't work for iOS owners. And that's bad.   
      
   Even an iTunes "backup" of that last known good version of an app does not   
   contain a re-usable IPA to that last known good version of that iOS app.   
      
   The app backup only contains garbage such as meta data & app data.   
   But the app backup (even with iTunes) does NOT contain the full ipa file.   
      
   The Apple user is always fucked by Apple.   
      
   Every other operating system allows the user to re-install the last known   
   good version after a factory reset (or crash, or whatever)... except Apple.   
      
   And that's bad.   
      
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