Re:Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps
by mirimir on Thursday January 31, 2019 @08:43PM
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Yes, and more to the point, they cut off Facebook and Google for distributing unreviewed apps to the general public. So the violation was using the enterprise key to evade app review by Apple. Which Apple does to protect its customers. And so Apple is just protecting its customers.
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Re:Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps
by jmanderley on Thursday January 31, 2019 @10:14PM
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Facebook already got their access back, I assume the block on Google won't last all that long, either.
Re:Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps
by peteretep on Thursday January 31, 2019 @11:17PM
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Presumably FB got it back after signing in blood that they were only going to use this for internal, non-public releases
Re:Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps
by kngspook on Thursday January 31, 2019 @11:55PM
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I believe Apple will do everything they can to keep them from abusing the ToS, but I also believe Facebook will try to work around any and every restriction applied to them.
Re:Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps
by mirimir on Friday February 01, 2019 @01:23AM
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Yeah, well, but Apple can always reject apps that violate their ToS, or revoke keys used to work around that. So ultimately Facebook can't win.
Except if they force Apple to nuke all of their apps, which would put Apple in a difficult position. But perhaps Apple could sandbox apps, and prevent them from doing stuff that violates ToS.