Path: csiph.com!news.samoylyk.net!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: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 09:31:39 +0200 Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <7u5lblxjel.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <6rhvblxb0d.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <6lcfclx76k.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net JMbHAWAiJs6x3buO0yE5tQKOwrWsM3PbDSOyuWumwIbTM3hlKZ Cancel-Lock: sha1:ZRR5RA59Xjk7SmZxUY6TkyR0tcQ= sha256:4GHxtKOseu+916eIV4aZ8dKIGVn3Nw5e7VCan044/TU= Content-Language: en-US, de-DE In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:145488 alt.os.linux:81345 alt.comp.os.windows-10:183524 comp.mobile.android:147749 Marion, 2025-04-09 22:03: > On Wed, 9 Apr 2025 12:37:51 +0200, Arno Welzel wrote : > > >>>> This is very bad manners. >>> >>> Speaking of bad manners, the point of this offshoot is about good & bad. >>> >>> 1. Only iOS *locks* every installer to a specific unique ID. >>> 2. This is bad for two reasons, one of which is it prevents reuse. >> >> Which is irrelevant for most cases, since installer files can not just >> be copied from one iPhone to another anyway. > > The main point is that only Apple locks every IPA to a specific user. > And that's bad. Which does not change, that you can not copy installer files from one iOS device to another anyway. -- Arno Welzel https://arnowelzel.de