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Re:Apple Moves to Prevent iPhone Users from Getting iOS 17 D... by CharlesW on Sunday February 19, 2023 @05:01PM (#34862299)
I was going to note that developer betas already required being part of Apple's Developer Program, but here's the crucial bit from TFA:

> Until now, anyone could easily install iOS developer betas for free by downloading the profiles from websites such as BetaProfiles.dev.

For some reason, I'd previously assumed these profiles were tied to Apple IDs.

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Re:Apple Moves to Prevent iPhone Users from Getting iOS 17 D... by kotaKat on Sunday February 19, 2023 @08:30PM (#34863910)
A long, long time ago I recall it being tied to device UDIDs, then it moved to "whoever got their hands on the .mobileconfig leaked from the Apple dev portal". It was a race after WWDC announced the next iOS as to who'd have the .mobileconfig to share first.
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