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Re:iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always... by k-mcgrady on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @04:09AM (#14504485)
The first few upgrades were paid for tax reasons as far as I remember. And then after a few versions they were able to change that.
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Re:iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always... by kalleboo on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @08:38AM (#14505800)
And only on the iPod touch, not on the iPhone. They also had to charge for a WiFi update on MacBooks for "accounting reasons".
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Re:iOS 11 Location Privacy: "Only While Using" is now always... by k-mcgrady on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @09:35AM (#14506291)
Yeah I think the iPhone got around it because people were already paying monthly for it.
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