How hard can it be to move our developer account to our new not-for-profit?

Re:How hard can it be to move our developer account to our n... by mcny on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @05:50AM (#22043599)

How does it normally work when one company acquires another? For example, I still see LinkedIn under LinkedIn Corporation, not Microsoft. Is that because technically LinkedIn is a separate company that Microsoft owns? Are there cases where Apple has changed publisher name for existing apps? Is there a standard operating procedure for this?

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Re:How hard can it be to move our developer account to our n... by social_quotient on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @05:57AM (#22043637)

Tons of paperwork must be submitted to the App Store, then you wait. Constantly getting the feeling this might not happen without abandoning your user base. The mental torture is what’s gets me... they should just have 1 or 100 clear steps and you know when it’s done, it’s done.

It’s frustrating to the point it’s a topic we raise with our customers during the initial requirements gathering phases of app development. I’ve seen our startup clients go through this all the way to one of our clients that’s a 30Bn publicly traded company.

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Re:How hard can it be to move our developer account to our n... by rcruzeiro on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @07:10AM (#22044041)

I've done this procedure before and it was really simple. I just sent them some documents and had to consent to the transfer on a phone call.

The problem the people in the article are facing is that Apple does not allow the transfer of apps that include the iCloud entitlement. I do not know a single company who has worked around this restriction without having to republish the app on another account.

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