XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: ed@somewhere.in.the.uk   
      
   Marion wrote:   
   > I have an iPad 10th generation on iPadOS 18.5 that I've had for oh, about a   
   > year or so, where over that time frame without an Apple Account set up on   
   > it, I learned the MAGA Apple trolls didn't realize all the apps will die.   
   >   
   > Yup. They die. The Apple trolls have no idea how iOS really works.   
   > I know how iOS works because I test the system to see how it works.   
   >   
   > Almost every native app on that iPad will die eventually, one by one,   
   > because it wants an update that you can't get from the operating system   
   > updates and since you don't have an Apple ID you can't get that update.   
   >   
   > So the app just dies.   
   > Every single one of them dies over time.   
   >   
   > One by one.   
   > It's only been a year of no Apple ID & they're already starting to die.   
   >   
   > What this proves pretty much is that not only does the iPad start out as a   
   > brain-dead dumb terminal, but over time, without the Apple Account, it gets   
   > dumber and dumber until it becomes essentially inert.   
      
   This fact about latent redundancy is unfortunately true.   
   I've seen it happen on two previous iPads as the OS gets abandoned.   
   Another thing I've seen happen is game apps becoming swamps for ads. I   
   suppose the writers just sell them off in bulk to ad agencies.   
      
   BTW, the scammy ad-mongers are getting craftier. They're devising newer   
   ways to keep their ads running longer. The worst I've seen is for Royal   
   Kingdom; it keeps its damn video running for several minutes. And many   
   games insist on having online access before they commence.   
      
   Ed   
      
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