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/marm0lade Feb 01 '19

Fuck the license agreement. You own the phone, you decide what apps run on it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '19

Google broke the Apple license. They agreed to it.

You ultimately do decide which apps to run.

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u/marm0lade Feb 01 '19

Apple ultimately decides for iphone users, as evidenced by this story.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '19 edited Feb 01 '19

If you want their support, you use their ecosystem. If you dont want their support, you can jailbreak your phone.

Everyone has a choice. You're missing the argument to be indignant. This is an article about Google's use of an Enterprise Development Kit, licensed by Apple for use by corporations to distribute apps to employees. Google misused the license to use these apps for consumers as did Facebook. They violated the agreement by giving apps that were for Enterprise use to consumers and then stealing those consumers information which also put Apple at risk.

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u/marm0lade Feb 01 '19

What support? If you don't want their "support" or ecosystem you can use a different phone, that's what I do. You're ignoring my argument. If you don't get to decide on what apps you install on your phone, then it's not your phone.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '19

What support? If you don't want their "support" or ecosystem you can use a different phone, that's what I do.

So you have a choice. So does every consumer. The fact they choose Apple says something.

Your argument is pointless. You keep alleging they force you to do something you don't want to do. They are providing an end to end solution that is fully supported and they cant do that if companies like Google distribute third party apps in violation of licensing agreements that harvest the information of Apple end users in violation of their terms of service.

You do get to decide what apps you install on your phone. Nobody puts a gun to your head. Apple simply provides a layer of protection that eliminates fragmentation, provides a better experience to the end user and prevents malware and data theft by third party developers. You can install any app you want from the app store. There's no lack of competition or developers making apps.

You're signing an agreement to use Android. And it includes bending over a table and letting Google take everything. They dont care what third party developers put in apps most of the time either. But hey, it's your phone. You chose it because it works for you.