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  • Re: Why can't iOS do something as simple as extract any installed app t

    From Andy Burnelli@21:1/5 to nospam on Sat Feb 11 21:33:46 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.advocacy

    nospam wrote:

    Andy Burnelli wrote
    *Only on iOS, if you don't already have a backup - you're dead*

    if you don't have a backup for *any* os, you're dead.

    that's why backups are so important.

    On Android, the backup occurs at the same time as the installation does.

    it does not.

    My facts are never wrong, nospam.
    Your statements _always_ are.

    Why?
    a. Because I'm not ignorant.
    b. You are.

    Not only is it shocking how nospam denies what has been native in Android
    since the beginning, but he thinks iOS can back up imaginary IPAs now.

    It's no longer shocking how _ignorant_ you are of everything you speak of.
    *Why can't iOS do something as simple as extract any installed app to re-use on any other iOS device?*
    <https://groups.google.com/g/misc.phone.mobile.iphone/c/QWfzqJT46Z8>

    This is an astoundingly huge difference between Android & iOS for Steve.
    a. Android _always_ automatically saves all the APKs for every app
    b. iOS never does (it can't). iOS is a primitive Paleolithic monolith

    Why can't iOS do something as simple as extract any existing installed
    app IPA (even for default system apps!) to re-use on any other iOS device? *Android does that* (all by its itty bitty self no less)

    Why can't iOS do something as simple as auto-save the IPA in its entirety,
    to re-use on _any_ iOS device on the planet? (if it's a free app anyway) *Android does that* (all by its itty bitty self no less)

    Why can't iOS do anything _that_ elegantly powerfully useful with IPAs?
    *Even with iTunes, iOS can't do anything even _close_ to that*

    Assessment:
    The IPA management for iOS devices is mired in the Paleolithic Stone Age.

    NOTE: Assume, for example, you want an app or version that no longer
    exists on the app store (which happens all the time).
    With Android, you always have the backup automatically, and even
    if you deleted it, you can instantly _extract_ the APK at any time.
    --
    Posted out of the goodness of my heart to disseminate useful information
    which, in this case, is to point out the fantastic ignorance of iKooks.

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  • From Andy Burnelli@21:1/5 to nospam on Sat Feb 11 21:29:52 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.advocacy

    nospam wrote:

    How do you re-install an app (or app subversion) that is no longer on the
    Apple App store and which you didn't already back up using that iTunes?

    Answer: *You can't*

    Hint: On every other operating system (other than crippled iOS), you can.

    no you can't.

    if a particular app is no longer available for download and you haven't backed it up, then there's nothing for you to reinstall, regardless of platform.

    Hi nospam,

    You have no shame. No honor. No sense of decency. You simply lie.
    *You're very confident being an utter idiot* nospam

    It's not so much that you're wrong - but that you're so confident
    in being an idiot who is dead wrong in _everything_ you claim.

    You have no idea the APK is _always_ (automatically!) on the Android phone.
    *100% of the time*

    It's no longer shocking how _confident_ you are in being dead wrong.
    *You have no idea that's been part of Android since the beginning!*

    I back up my claims.
    Instead of backing up your claims, you simply lie.

    *Why can't iOS do something as simple as extract any installed app to re-use on any other iOS device?*
    <https://groups.google.com/g/misc.phone.mobile.iphone/c/QWfzqJT46Z8>

    In stark contrast, iOS is a primitive Paleolithic crippled monolith
    whose IPAs don't have anywhere near APK modern portable capabilities.
    --
    Why should iKooks like nospam know anything when they can just lie.

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