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Re:Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps by curt15 on Thursday January 31, 2019 @05:52PM (#19049831)
Since Gbus is presumably developed internally, what prevents the employees from installing the program via Xcode?
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Re:Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps by q3k on Thursday January 31, 2019 @06:06PM (#19049934)
Not everyone at Google has a Mac? Nobody wants to reinstall GBus every 3 days?
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Re:Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps by saagarjha on Thursday January 31, 2019 @08:28PM (#19050832)
Seven days.
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Re:Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps by briandear on Thursday January 31, 2019 @06:28PM (#19050107)
Why would you have to reinstall it every 3 days?
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Re:Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps by spurcell93 on Thursday January 31, 2019 @06:50PM (#19050248)
IIRC dev certs expire quickly, by design
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Re:Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps by saagarjha on Thursday January 31, 2019 @08:29PM (#19050836)
Free certificates expire after a week. Standard certificates obtained from a developer program membership last for a year.
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Re:Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps by seba_dos1 on Thursday January 31, 2019 @07:29PM (#19050550)
Yup. However, at least you don't really need a Mac for that, as there are external tools to resign and install ipa files.
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Re:Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps by cbhl on Thursday January 31, 2019 @07:29PM (#19050553)
Probably something like this:

XX% of Google employees are non-technical

XX% of Google employees don't use Mac as their laptop platform

XX% of Google employees have a locked-down Mac that isn't allowed to run XCode or locally-compiled binaries because their job role isn't in Engineering

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Re:Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps by kngspook on Friday February 01, 2019 @12:21AM (#19051848)
From what I understand, it actually is a public app:

https://www.tripshot.com/

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tripshot/id1007192056?mt=8

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Re:Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps by morpheuskafka on Thursday January 31, 2019 @09:56PM (#19051209)
The employees would each have to spend $100 on a developer membership (sharing them is a good way to get more revokes).
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Re:Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps by kngspook on Friday February 01, 2019 @12:21AM (#19051855)
No, that's not necessarily for loading an app on to your device. It's only necessary for broader distribution.
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Re:Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps by morpheuskafka on Friday February 01, 2019 @12:14PM (#19056037)
You can only sideload up to a certain number of apps (3 IIRC), only for seven days at a time, and only using certain APIs (cannot for example use notifications), all of which would pose serious limitations.
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Re:Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps by dougdonohoe on Thursday January 31, 2019 @07:16PM (#19050449)
60,000+ employees makes this unrealistic.
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