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A user reports that the Headspace app is silently installing itself on their iPhone 13 Pro every day around 1pm EST, despite automatic downloads being turned off and iOS being up to date. The issue appears to affect multiple iPhone models (12 and 17 also reported) and started 2-3 days ago, with similar reports found on Reddit. The cause is unknown and the post asks if others are experiencing the same issue.

Tell HN: An app is silently installing itself on my iPhone every day

<p>Very interesting, especially if it found a way to bypass the explicit disabling of automatic downloads…</p>
<p>Now imagine you’re roaming during a 10-day vacation…and you think you’re in control :) …</p>
<p>The comments, though, suggest an Apple App Store / iCloud restore bug triggered by 26.4.2, causing previously-installed apps to be re-queued for installation. No malicious intent, for now, but definitely a bad situation for everyone, who’s paying for roaming data :)</p>
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