usr:Leon Lionheart

If you are using tvOS beta profiles, take notice of this post. As people know, the generally recommended method for blocking updates has been the tvOS beta profiles, which has had the benefits of being easily removable, not being persistent with a backup, among other benefits. However, this era of tvOS beta profiles for blocking update ends next month. The current tvOS beta profile actually expires on May 1st, 2026, and not on January 31st, 2027 like initially thought. There is luckily a new non-expiring DNS profile (thanks to @mineekdev) at kittymaxine.com/blockota.mobil…. However, while this new solution shares many of the same benefits as the tvOS profile (as well as some of the same primary benefits such as not being persistent across backups/updates and being easily removable), there are differences and downsides to this approach: - As this profile is a DNS profile, it only works on iOS/iPadOS 14 or later - if you're on iOS/iPadOS 13.x or lower, you'll need to settle with an option like OTADisabler (which can persist between certain types of updates, can be made difficult to remove if you can't jailbreak, etc.) - Additionally, it also applies this updating blocking to your paired Apple Watch(es), which depending on your circumstances can be a good thing or a bad thing - This profile cannot be directly installed to an Apple Watch, so as it stands it will become impossible to block updates on only the Apple Watch once the tvOS profiles expire - The way the DNS profile works is by being a sinkhole for the OTA-related URL's