I was so lucky to get an iPad on the very last (at the time) somewhat jailbreakable version, 15.4.1, I never had to refresh apps at all. Never updated it.
Unfortunately after I got an older MacBook Pro for cheap, I didn’t have a use for the iPad and it didn’t fit into my life anymore, so I sold it to my sister, who immediately updated it to iOS 16.x. I nearly died inside when I saw it updating.
It’s irritating to refresh the apps manually every week and the other way would be to get an Apple Developer ID!
I was so lucky to get an iPad on the very last (at the time) somewhat jailbreakable version, 15.4.1, I never had to refresh apps at all. Never updated it.
Unfortunately after I got an older MacBook Pro for cheap, I didn’t have a use for the iPad and it didn’t fit into my life anymore, so I sold it to my sister, who immediately updated it to iOS 16.x. I nearly died inside when I saw it updating.