Re: What does $0 zero dollars mean in Apple app store terminology?

On Apr 21, 2025 at 4:53:17 PM EDT, "Marion" <marion@facts.com> wrote:

On Sat, 19 Apr 2025 22:42:09 +0000, Tyrone wrote :
 
 

What does that even mean?

 
It means exactly what it says.  The upgrade is free.
 

In normal operating systems, there's no concept of "purchasing" a
zero-dollar app, as that would just be called a free app (as in beer).

 
iOS is a normal operating system.  It is Unix. Can't get any more normal than
that.

 
While I appreciate your saying that it's a normal thing for an upgrade to
be free, I've been using computers since anyone here, and I haven't seen
that before. I've seen free apps. And I've seen upgrades that cost money.
 
Anyway, I'll try the upgrade and see what happens, although I don't have a
credit card on any device so I'm not sure if it will even allow me that
privilege without giving away all my privacy first. Time will tell.
 
(I find it hilarious that iOS is the least private operating system on the
planet, and yet, Apple touts that it's privacy oriented. It's all lies.)

It is very secure.

As for iOS being "normal UNIX", Chris & Tyrone already proved last week
that iOS is anything but normal UNIX when it comes to privileged ports.

Um, I am Tyrone.

And there is no law about "privileged ports". Companies are free to do
whatever they want. Android could easily be doing this also.  Which would mean
that you would be no longer hung up about "privileged ports".