You don’t want the general public mucking around with an alpha build or early beta build in case there are unexpected issues (or even known issues) with them. Maybe apple should make access to dev betas open to more people or at least those who provide them bug reports through the feedback appĪnd there’s a good reason why the public has to wait a few weeks after the devs get it. I’ve reported so many bugs to apple prior to general release. My iPhone is practically never on a general release.

Those saying there’s a public beta that would be well and good but PB1 usually comes out after the first couple of dev betas and once public betas start coming out they come out days behind the dev betas Where there is a will there is a way even back in the day when you had to register your phone to a dev account to activate the beta Update: When reached for comment, said it received a letter from lawyers representing Apple and shut down the website to avoid potential litigation. Those interested in trying out Apple's betas for free can sign up for Apple's public beta program. said users must be enrolled in Apple's Developer Program in order to download the profiles, but users could avoid this warning.Īpple's developer betas are only intended for members of Apple's Developer Program, which costs $99 per year in the United States, and it appears that Apple is attempting to uphold this policy by cracking down on websites like and v. v provided users with access to IPSW files for the iOS 16 developer beta and other pre-release Apple software, with download links via Apple's servers, file sharing website WeTransfer, and torrents, while provided links to both beta profiles and IPSW files.

All of the tweets listed are no longer visible 'in response to a report from the copyright holder.' The alleged notice claimed that the tweets infringed on Apple's proprietary beta software. In addition, lawyers representing Apple at Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP allegedly provided Twitter with a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notice related to over a dozen tweets containing links to websites like v. BetaProfiles social media will remain as a place to discuss beta updates. Hi everyone, I just wanted to say that BetaProfiles will be shutting down soon, I just don't want to get into a legal battle with Apple.

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