XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: marianjones@helpfulpeople.com   
      
   Marian wrote:   
   > Q: So why do you think every IPA is tied to your Apple ID on iOS?   
   > A: ?   
      
   Q: So why do you think every IPA is tied to your Apple ID on iOS?   
   A: The embedded Apple ID prevents redistribution of the IPA!   
      
   Notice everything is harder on iOS when you simply want to back up and   
   re-use an IPA. No other operating system makes something this simple,   
   that hard.   
      
   This is intentional.   
      
   If the IPA did not contain your Apple ID:   
    a. you could copy it   
    b. share it   
    c. sideload it   
    d. install it on other devices   
    e. bypass the App Store   
    f. bypass Apple's payment system (but we're talking free apps)   
    g. bypass Apple's region restrictions   
      
   Apple's entire business model would collapse.   
   So the Apple ID is embedded to enforce:   
    A. App Store monopoly   
    B. payment control   
    C. region control   
    D. device control   
    E. account control   
      
   This is not speculation.   
   It's how the DRM system is designed.   
      
   If we don't fully understand this concept, then we know nothing about iOS.   
   --   
   Intelligent people own the imagination to figure out how a tool works.   
      
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