[HN Gopher] Apple Moves to Prevent iPhone Users from Getting iOS...
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       Apple Moves to Prevent iPhone Users from Getting iOS 17 Developer
       Beta for Free
        
       Author : tosh
       Score  : 9 points
       Date   : 2023-02-19 20:31 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.macrumors.com)
        
       | lost_tourist wrote:
       | Imagine turning down free beta testers lol. Bean counters
       | indeed...
        
         | lockhouse wrote:
         | Except this is the _developer_ beta, that was never meant for
         | end users, only for developers. There will still be a _public_
         | beta that will be free and open to all iPhone users that want
         | to test it.
        
         | Aaargh20318 wrote:
         | Public betas are usually only a day or two behind the developer
         | beta. This just seems common sense; let developers test it for
         | any major issues on a development device before letting Joe
         | Sixpack install it on his daily driver.
        
       | CharlesW wrote:
       | I was going to note that developer betas already required being
       | part of Apple's Developer Program, but here's the crucial bit
       | from TFA:
       | 
       | > _Until now, anyone could easily install iOS developer betas for
       | free by downloading the profiles from websites such as
       | BetaProfiles.dev._
       | 
       | For some reason, I'd previously assumed these profiles were tied
       | to Apple IDs.
        
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