Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Arno Welzel Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,alt.os.linux,alt.comp.os.windows-10,comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: A good thing or a bad thing (Was: Tutorial: Working example of removing & re-installing Android system apps from a PC) Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 12:29:44 +0200 Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: <7u5lblxjel.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <6rhvblxb0d.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net iaFzDDGGkdTufGV0TnkvQAztKJlGUi2y+6AHkpY51kTiyJjbZe Cancel-Lock: sha1:R3WSY/GLzfwBweIM2i7x4SwKg34= sha256:fJWaArWxXSMDWBNTaN7DQmJoHRabDaMAGm2T0Gqf4Zw= Content-Language: en-US, de-DE In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:145468 alt.os.linux:81325 alt.comp.os.windows-10:183408 comp.mobile.android:147712 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. [...] > The question now arises as to *why* Apple adds your unique Apple ID to > every app installed from the Apple App Store, even those which you'd > otherwise consider to be "free & open source". Note that Apple can track > not only your usage of that app, but meta data inherent in that usage. Maybe because for *paid* apps Apple wants to control on which devices the app is used. And since apple does not expect anyone providing apps for free, this also affects those apps as well. Also keep in min: to distribute apps in the App Store you have to pay a yearly fee for the membership in the developer program, regardless if your app is a free app or not. -- Arno Welzel https://arnowelzel.de