[cmeacham98]

Let me repost what I wrote elsewhere in this thread:

The point is not that the App Store isn't an online service (although I would argue that it more "relies on" an online service), but that its role as part of the OS supersedes that.

I can't go back and edit my comment now, but to make it more clear I probably should have written something like:

> I strongly disagree that the iOS App Store should be treated as ___only___ an "internet service" rather than...

[r0m4n0]

Ok yea agreed. I think it’s more than one thing, including an internet service

[smoldesu]

It's certainly multiple things, but some things take precedent. If Apple allowed people to install third-party App Stores, then the freedom would take precedent and nobody would be throwing rocks at them.

[Spooky23]

You can use enterprise provisioning, which uses the same mechanics, to install apps on devices you manage.

There are lots of places that run iOS on private networks with no internet access or Apple ID.