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> At the end of the day, you can compile and run anything on your machine.

Iff you have a Mac. And even then, you need to recompile it every week.

I assume you're being hyperbolic to make a point, but really the need to recompile yearly when my dev cert is up for renewal isn't that bad.

I'd prefer something else for my personal toy applications so I don't even need to bother with this, but it's not a huge deal to me.

The parent is correct if you're not using the Developer Certificate, but relying on the Free Provisioning Profile - as the name implies, it is free, but it only lasts for 7 days instead of the 1 year you get with a paid developer account / Developer Certificate.

The advantage of the Free Profile is that (afaik) it can't be revoked or censored. Disadvantage is 7 day lifespan.

Ahh, thanks, I forget the free version exists. That is a very annoying limitation of it.

Apple also weirdly limits the capabilities available to free developer accounts, like AutoFill and built-in IPSec/IKEv2 VPN support.

https://help.apple.com/developer-account/#/dev21218dfd6

You don't necessarily have to have a Mac, but this makes it significantly easier.

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