What are offloaded apps in iOS 11 and how do they work?

Macworld
Nov 16, 2017, 8:00 am1.2k ptsHot
Prior to iOS 11, once an app was installed on an iOS device, you either kept it or removed it. Removing it would cause iOS to prompt you first with a warning that all associated data on your device would also be removed. Some iOS apps get around this by using web-based or app-based accounts or other…

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