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Re:Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps by atomical on Thursday January 31, 2019 @06:19PM (#19050035)
Do the internal apps at Facebook compete with the internal apps at Apple?
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Re:Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps by mcmoose75 on Thursday January 31, 2019 @06:22PM (#19050053)
"Competition" doesn't have to be narrowly defined.

In general, Apple, Google, and Facebook are 3 of the largest technology companies in the world. In general, they have areas where their interests overlap (messaging as one good example of this).

Hindering the ability of Google/ FB to develop on iOS could absolutely be seen as an anticompetitive measure by Apple.

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Re:Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps by kngspook on Friday February 01, 2019 @12:31AM (#19051892)
No, Facebook/Google internal apps fall into two categories:

- Utilities that are only useful to employees of those companies (cafeteria menus, shuttle schedules, resources for salespeople on the go, etc.).

- Pre-release/testing (aka dogfood) versions of the apps they distribute to the public, for employees to use and find bugs on before they make it out to normal users.

Neither of those are pools that Apple wants to play in.

...and I guess there's a third category:

- Apps used gain "competitive intelligence" and spy on users.

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