XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: marianjones@helpfulpeople.com   
      
   Marian wrote:   
   > Only iOS embeds identity-bound metadata into delivered free app packages.   
   > Why?   
      
   Given only iOS locks down the installer to your identity, not even macOS   
   does that, intelligent people begin to wonder why iOS is so different.   
      
   iOS is Apple¢s revenue engine while macOS is not   
   This is what Apple will never say out loud.   
      
   What Apple never says in their (brilliant) propaganda is that...   
    a. iOS is where Apple makes most of its App Store commissions   
       (because iOS forces all consumer software distribution   
        through the App Store, unlike macOS)   
    b. iOS is where Apple makes most of its in-app purchase commission   
       (because iOS mandates Apple¢s payment system for most categories,   
        unlike macOS)   
    c. iOS is where Apple makes most of its subscription commission   
       (because iOS enforces App Store billing rules, unlike macOS)   
    d. iOS is where Apple makes most of its developer-program revenue   
       (because shipping an iOS app requires a paid developer account,   
        unlike macOS)   
    e. iOS is where Apple makes most of its device lock-in revenue   
       (because apps, purchases, and services are tied to the Apple ID   
        and the iOS ecosystem)   
    f. iOS is where Apple makes most of its ecosystem lock-in revenue   
       (because iMessage, AirDrop, Apple Watch pairing, and App Store   
        purchases anchor users to iOS)   
      
   These revenue streams exist on macOS, but iOS is where they actually scale,   
   because iOS is the only Apple platform that is cryptographically locked   
   down and commercially controlled end-to-end.   
      
   If iOS apps were portable like macOS apps:   
    A. users could share apps   
    B. developers could distribute outside the App Store   
    C. alternative app stores could exist   
    D. Apple couldn't enforce in-app purchase rules   
    E. Apple couldn't take a cut   
    F. Apple couldn't block competition   
    G. Apple couldn't enforce region restrictions   
    H. Apple couldn't enforce device restrictions   
   The entire business model collapses.   
      
   macOS doesn't generate that kind of revenue, so Apple never applied the   
   same restrictions.   
      
   Q: So why do you think every IPA is tied to your Apple ID on iOS?   
   A: ?   
      
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