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Re:Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage Client for Android by threeseed on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @04:06PM (#38536892)
On iOS many of the individual apps e.g. Mail, Notes you can delete and then re-download from the App Store.

And as part of Security Updates they have patched vulnerabilities just in the relevant apps.

So there is nothing technical stopping them. It's just been customary to treat iOS as a product where all features ship together.

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Re:Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage Client for Android by saagarjha on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @05:41PM (#38537935)
Apple never patches security vulnerabilities in individual apps except for Safari, and they’ve stopped doing that too.
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Re:Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage Client for Android by lxgr on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @10:31PM (#38540200)
I don’t think this actually physically deletes the app, given that it’s back once you reset the phone. It’s most likely just hidden/deactivated until you “reinstall it from the app store”.

Actual updates require the app binary/bundle to be mutable.

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