> There is no difference. Apple provides binaries (via the App Store), and the user is not allowed to install/run their own binaries, which is a requirement the GPLv3 added to prevent TiVoization.
This has not been true for a few years. Nowadays anyone can freely upload apps from Xcode to iDevices (before it used to cost 99$)
You can freely upload apps from Xcode to iDevices if you own a Mac, and have an Apple developer account (not paid but you still need one), and compile the code yourself, and most crucially the code signing on apps deployed this way expires after a week. This is in no way a serious deployment method.
I suspect the "freely upload" requirement might be "free as in speech", not "free as in beer". Apple might make it free as in cost nothing. But are you required to agree to any terms of service? I suspect so.
This has not been true for a few years. Nowadays anyone can freely upload apps from Xcode to iDevices (before it used to cost 99$)