[noodlesUK]

Isn’t apple just gonna blacklist this somehow? I get that you’re signing the app, but it’s definitely against the TOS in some obscure way. It’s not as though they won’t know which Apple IDs are logged in to the phones this gets installed on, regardless of signing certs.

Edit: I do really like this though, it is a clever way out of the walled garden! I’ve used TestFlight to load stuff like ish on my phone, and would consider doing this if apple doesn’t go around murdering apple ids associated with it.

[greggman2]

If Apple is tracking IDs how is that not anti-privacy?

In fact arguably they should implement signed reciepts so they don't have to track which apps you own. As it is they know all the apps you own, and probably even when and how often you run them.

Instead they could send you a cryptographically signed receipt and then not actually keep track of which apps you own. When you want an update they verify the receipt. That would be more privacy oriented than what they have now.

[willstrafach]

They do this.

https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/releasenotes/Gen...

[saagarjha]

> Instead they could send you a cryptographically signed receipt and then not actually keep track of which apps you own.

How?