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Re:When a customer refunds your paid app, Apple refunds its ... by rand49an on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @06:21PM (#23992225)
They absolutely have the ability to do that though, they clearly have the ability to shut a device down entirely too based on the iOS activation system.

I probably wouldn't go as far as 'dystopic' either.

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Re:When a customer refunds your paid app, Apple refunds its ... by sjwright on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @11:14PM (#23994198)
By that definition, if you want to be realistic about it, every OS vendor with regular software updates has the ability to do anything they like on any device they like.
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