Path: csiph.com!xmission!usenet.csail.mit.edu!nntp.TheWorld.com!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Marion 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 08:57:19 -0000 (UTC) Organization: BWH Usenet Archive (https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com) Message-ID: References: <7u5lblxjel.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <6rhvblxb0d.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <6lcfclx76k.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Injection-Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 08:57:19 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com; logging-data="86318"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blueworldhosting.com" User-Agent: Alan Baker insisted this line can not be changed Cancel-Lock: sha1:2CQ/2AyVxqA7as1TtIvLQqYa+oA= sha256:UzK0M7Xs0JsP91nwmta9adhrYHZScBp7xf2ye2zCCbo= sha1:CXxkS9q7Ii9IiXBA8S0LIxM/2OA= sha256:tQVn8LI/No2RrD1ESe9d7SsT8Enuvrvhesc+HKV2xzs= Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:145492 alt.os.linux:81349 alt.comp.os.windows-10:183532 comp.mobile.android:147753 On Fri, 11 Apr 2025 09:31:39 +0200, Arno Welzel wrote : >> 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. You are correct. Thank you for clarifying your position based on logic. Since I'm always logical and sensibly reasonable, I agree with your assessment that it doesn't really matter (for purposes of re-use) that Apple locks every installer file uniquely to your Apple ID - but the reason it doesn't matter is ironic - because the reason is that Apple *already* made re-use impossible (with or without the insertion of your unique ID!). So we would likely agree that Apple made it *doubly impossible* for reuse. 1. Apple inserts a non-reusable ID into every installer 2. At the same time that Apple disallows backup of every installer 3. Hence, free app installer re-use is *doubly impossible*! But it is what Apple uses to track you which no other operating system can do (because no other system inserts your unique tracker into every app). Both of which are bad. -- The best way to visualize Apple's locked ecosystem is to think of it as a subterranean cavern with passageways to itself but few to the real world.