XPost: comp.sys.mac.system, alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.mobile.android   
   From: usenet@arnowelzel.de   
      
   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?   
      
      
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