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by egberts1 1120 days ago
An excellent case for StrongBox Safe, support the indie who did all the hardwork. This would save you, the end-user, from having to do the following:

Sideloading a self-compile app for Apple ecosphere often requires a DUNS ID by Apple App store which in essence will plunge you, the developer, into a yearly subscription.

Sure that one can do a TestApp, but that one-time DUNS ID requirement still remains.
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ssbash 1120 days ago
That is not true. To sideload an app a free Apple Developer is required. A 7 day limit is placed on that app before it has to be refreshed. If you pay for Apple's Developer subscription then that limit is increased to 1 year.

Alternatively you can use Altstore [0] and avoid paying for an Apple Developer subscription.

[0] https://altstore.io

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egberts1 1119 days ago
Right. My bad: DUNS ID is only required if you want over the air (OTA) update to your Apple devices through the use of Mobile Device Management (MDM) tool. (I was looking for ease of use, easiest, that is.)

Was unclear on how to circumvent this DUNS ID for just the sideloading. of apps.

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egberts1 1120 days ago
Oooooo, that is cool to know.

When you say refresh after 7-day, is the original installation of your downloaded developer app gets affected/disabled or that 7-day is just a time-limit on how often you can upload your development app?

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Wevah 1120 days ago
The provisioning profile expires after 7 days; you can transfer your development app to your devices as often as you want. Not sure if you lose data, when the profile expires, though.
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