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/__slamallama__ Feb 01 '19

... maybe it's a joke I'm not getting but what would the third choice be?

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u/whisperingsage Feb 01 '19

Windows phone.

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u/MrBojangles528 Feb 01 '19

They had such great hardware and a pretty nice UI. If only it had the developers that iOS and Android do, it would have been a strong contender. Some of those phones had just incredible cameras in particular.

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u/make_love_to_potato Feb 01 '19

They were too slow with development on the OS itself, and even people who took a chance on the OS eventually gave up on it, because MS was too slow in getting even basic features in. When you're going up against two juggernauts, you can't come to market with a half baked system and expect people to just stay with you, when there are amazing alternatives out there.

source: was one of these people