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Nothing to see here.

Apple says the “restricted mode” that 9to5Mac uncovered in iOS 27 beta code won’t be used for missed lease payments in the new Apple Upgrade scheme. That does leave some pretty big questions about why Apple reportedly coded it in the first place though.

wtfjohnson:

So they just built this feature into the OS for funsies? 👀

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