XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: thomas.e.elam@gmail.com   
      
   On 12/31/2025 9:42 PM, Marian wrote:   
   > Tom Elam wrote:   
   >>> Only iOS embeds identity-bound metadata into delivered free app   
   >>> packages.   
   >>> Why?   
   >>   
   >> Are you EVER going to realize that 99.9999999% of iPhone owners will   
   >> never read any of your posts? Or, if they stumbled across you they   
   >> would not understand or give a care?   
   >>   
   >> Face it, you are pissing a weak stream into a Cat 5 hurricane.   
   >   
   > Hi Tom Elam,   
   >   
   > Happy New Year!   
   >   
   > The goal of this thread is to UNDERSTAND how iOS works. '   
   >   
   > It doesn't matter that 1 in a million understand anything about iOS.   
   > What matters is WE understand iOS.   
   >   
   > Because we're intelligent well-informed intellectually-curious people.   
   > This is simply a discussion so we all better understand how iOS works.   
   >   
   > Did you ever wonder why only iOS adds your identity to every app you   
   > install? Windows doesn't do that. Android doesn't do it. Linux doesn't   
   > either. Even macOS doesn't do it. Yup. Only iOS embeds your identity into   
   > every app.   
   >   
   > Doesn't that make you wonder why iOS does it but macOS doesn't do it?   
   >   
   > Hint: It turns out that macOS predates the App Store and therefore, try as   
   > they might, Apple cannot lock it down without destroying the platform.   
   >   
   > What's different is iOS was designed from day one to:   
   > a. block sideloading   
   > b. block competing app stores   
   > c. enforce Apple's payment system (even for free apps!)   
   > d. enforce Apple's signing (disregarding developer signing)   
   > e. enforce Apple's DRM (even for free apps!)   
   > f. enforce Apple's control   
   >   
   > No other common consumer operating system but iOS embeds your identity into   
   > every app you install. Why do you think Apple does that, but only for iOS?   
      
   So what? Nobody but you cares about your objections. Apple phones work   
   just fine. We don't care about your technical nuances. We do care about   
   predictable OS updates. We care about service after the sale, ease of   
   use, device integration and have the resources to make choices.   
      
   I was an Android phone and tablet customer from 2005 to 2019. I quit for   
   2 reasons. First was the need to get an iPad for an app not available on   
   Android. Second was the sorry state of Android phone and tablet OS updates.   
      
   My initial iPhone 6s experience was not great but the iPad 7 and 9 and   
   6s successors have worked out fine.The iPads have been far better than   
   any Android tablet, and I had a few of those. I do not remember every   
   getting an Android tablet OS update.   
      
   Bottom line you are wasting your time.   
      
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