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Subject: Re: A good thing or a bad thing (Was: Tutorial: Working example of removing & re-installing Android system apps from a PC)
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On Tue, 8 Apr 2025 02:37:12 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote :


>> There is free open source software which does not cost money but when
>> distributed by the Apple App Store, it's locked to a specific Apple ID.
>> 
>> No other operating system vendor does that for software that is free.
>> Only Apple.
> 
> AGAIN, that is not FREE Software.
> 
> Stop calling it Free. It ain't. This is serious, Arlen. Study it up. You 
> claim to be clever. Be it.
> 
>> 
>> Call it whatever you want to call it, but that's what Apple does to it.
> 
> I don't care who does it.

The fact that only Apple adds locks (to an Apple ID) on software that no
other operating system locks is the technical point that matters here.

That lock goes on *all* software from Apple. Every single app. Every type.
No matter what type of app it is. It gets that unique lock only Apple does.

That's what's different. The lock. It's unique. Only Apple does that.

That lock prevents re-use. And that lock allows Apple to track you.
And that's what's bad.