XPost: comp.sys.mac.system, alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.mobile.android   
   From: marion@facts.com   
      
   On Fri, 11 Apr 2025 09:31:39 +0200, Arno Welzel wrote :   
      
      
   >> The main point is that only Apple locks every IPA to a specific user.   
   >> And that's bad.   
   >   
   > Which does not change, that you can not copy installer files from one   
   > iOS device to another anyway.   
      
   You are correct. Thank you for clarifying your position based on logic.   
      
   Since I'm always logical and sensibly reasonable, I agree with your   
   assessment that it doesn't really matter (for purposes of re-use) that   
   Apple locks every installer file uniquely to your Apple ID - but the reason   
   it doesn't matter is ironic - because the reason is that Apple *already*   
   made re-use impossible (with or without the insertion of your unique ID!).   
      
   So we would likely agree that Apple made it *doubly impossible* for reuse.   
    1. Apple inserts a non-reusable ID into every installer   
    2. At the same time that Apple disallows backup of every installer   
    3. Hence, free app installer re-use is *doubly impossible*!   
      
   But it is what Apple uses to track you which no other operating system can   
   do (because no other system inserts your unique tracker into every app).   
      
   Both of which are bad.   
   --   
   The best way to visualize Apple's locked ecosystem is to think of it as a   
   subterranean cavern with passageways to itself but few to the real world.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)