That’s not possible without a permission prompt (on both iOS and android). So there’s no changing the goalposts like you suggest, without the user giving explicit permission.

The fact that they’re owned by Automattic makes it a total write-off for me.

Dammit!

That is tame for them. I’m convinced no one prof reads their articles anymore.

You mean a decade. A century is 100 years.

We’re mindlessly bashing Apple here, we don’t need your sensible reasoning!

My AirPod Pros have also worked perfectly on my Linux PCs - just as solid as connecting to an Apple device.

You can only install 3 self-signed apps at a time, and they expire after 7 days. It’s meant to make it difficult for anything other than development purposes.

Thanks