XPost: comp.sys.mac.system, alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.mobile.android   
   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   Arno Welzel  wrote:   
   > Frank Slootweg, 2025-04-09 17:35:   
   >   
   > > Arno Welzel  wrote:   
   > >> 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.   
   > >   
   > >   I have no beef in this (non-)discussion, but you can only download   
   > > again, if the "original source" still exists!   
   >   
   > Which also applies to Android. So what?   
      
     Ah! You now resort to lying by omission? In the (big) part you   
   'conveniently' silently snipped, I specificall said (amongst others)   
   "That's why I save Android APKs ...".   
      
     So in the iOS case, if the original source does no longer exist,   
   you're out of luck, but in the Android case, you can install the app   
   from it's backed up APK.   
      
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