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 Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 09:40:13 +0200 Lines: 27 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 3NxY//bD3oRPUKiEAxoLuwXicLlNYcA17+CM4lm9NIZigYKn3g Cancel-Lock: sha1:rvwq7B455LIr2BkvKg75XAZayp4= sha256:bd6rSIHeRkpyDQ8VIiEB+6Vug/zFDm3RiiboZ85lGZ0= Content-Language: en-US, de-DE In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:145491 alt.os.linux:81348 alt.comp.os.windows-10:183527 comp.mobile.android:147752 Frank Slootweg, 2025-04-09 17:35: > Arno Welzel wrote: >> 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. > > I have no beef in this (non-)discussion, but you can only download > again, if the "original source" still exists! Which also applies to Android. So what? -- Arno Welzel https://arnowelzel.de