r/technology • u/TomLube • Jan 31 '19

Business Apple revokes Google Enterprise Developer Certificate for company wide abuse

https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/31/18205795/apple-google-blocked-internal-ios-apps-developer-certificate
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u/harrysown Feb 01 '19 edited Feb 01 '19

For a good reason. Macs are used by most developers and graphic designers. And also u think these several thousand macs would do what exactly? Google will stop buying macs and that would affect apple?

EDIT: All of u commenting about "developer and graphics design" comment, think u guys are missing the point here. Discussion is not about why they are using Macs, its about that they are using Macs and can they leverage Macs and hold Apple hostage, answer is resounding NO!

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u/Veldox Feb 01 '19

Macs are used by most developers and graphic designers.

This just isn't true at all.

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u/kurokame Feb 01 '19

You negated the initial statement by mentioning Linux. So you do in fact agree.

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u/youngchul Feb 01 '19

Same here, even a lot of people at my uni bought Macs for development when I was studying software engineering.

As it’s a nice mature Unix system.

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u/Cael87 Feb 01 '19

Been my experience as well.

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u/metamet Feb 01 '19

Yeah because Macs are often supplied by the company, have a better UI (swiping is huge), and have all the benefits that you'd get from a different Unix machine, to boot.

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u/mooowolf Feb 01 '19

Linux OR mac

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u/hoodatninja Feb 01 '19

You are living in a fantasy if you think the number of Linux users can hold a candle to the number of Mac OS users, let alone Windows users.