Apple restores Google’s internal iOS apps after certificate misuse punishment

Re:Apple restores Google’s internal iOS apps after certifica... by diebeforei485 on Friday February 01, 2019 @12:23AM (#19051861)

The enterprise agreement itself does not require any showing of an employee-employer relationship as defined by the local jurisdiction.

But if you read the rest of the agreement, you will find more requirements about who these apps may be distributed to, and they make this case pretty much a slam dunk in Apple's favor. For example, Facebook cannot possibly agree that they would be liable for what users of these research apps do, nor can they claim the ability to retrieve these devices if the relationship ends.

So, no - simply issuing a tax form won't solve this for Facebook.

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Re:Apple restores Google’s internal iOS apps after certifica... by united893 on Friday February 01, 2019 @12:33AM (#19051899)

That's fair, but Doordash, Square and Instacart don't have that ability either. They're distributing their apps via the same sideloading mechanism.

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Re:Apple restores Google’s internal iOS apps after certifica... by diebeforei485 on Friday February 01, 2019 @12:41AM (#19051938)

At least the way I'm reading Apple's terms, those cases fall more cleanly into the Employee category (which includes 1099 contractors, as defined in the terms).

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