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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.ipad,comp.sys.mac.advocacy
Subject: Re: Almost every app you have on the iPad will die; the iPad will
 become inert over time
Date: 9 Jul 2025 23:16:12 GMT
Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2025-07-09, Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/5/2025 8:56 PM, Marion wrote:
>>
>> So the app just dies.  Every single one of them dies over time.
>> 
>> One by one.  It's only been a year of no Apple ID & they're already
>> starting to die.
>> 
>> What this proves pretty much is that not only does the iPad start out
>> as a brain-dead dumb terminal, but over time, without the Apple
>> Account, it gets dumber and dumber until it becomes essentially
>> inert.
>
> Our 7th generation iPad apps are working just fine. Get an Apple
> account, update the apps, and disconnect.

Indeed. We still play a bunch of games on our 1st generation OG iPad
without issue. 

Marion is a useless troll who tells easily-debunked lies.

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