Apple restores Google's internal iOS apps after certificate misuse punishment
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Scott Brown / Android Authority : First Facebook, now Google's internal iOS apps are blocked by Apple (Update: Google block lifted) Paul Wagenseil / Tom's Guide : Apple Kills Google's In-House IOS Apps In Privacy Spat Leif Johnson / Macworld : Apple blocks Google from using enterprise certificates a day after blocking Facebook Jen Thorpe / Geek News Central : Apple Shut Down Google's Enterprise Certificates Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica : Apple, Facebook spat is over, for now—iOS certificate access restored Louise Matsakis / Wired : Apple Blocked Google's Internal Apps Too Tweets: Will Strafach / @chronic : I hope this is crystal clear to everyone: Apple has determined that everyone must play by the same rules. there was no way around this. https://twitter.com/... Casey Newton / @caseynewton : The three biggest tech platforms in the world are all at war now, happy Thursday http://twitter.com/... @swiftonsecurity : It's possible this will be an inflection point for Progressive Web Apps, which do not rely on app stores, and work as a super-charged model of the original iPhone vision of websites as phone apps. HP TouchPad 2011 tried this with WebOS but was too early. http://en.wikipedia.org/... http://twitter.com/... Jeremy Horwitz / @horwitz : If I was a Fortune 500 company and saw what Apple just did with Facebook and Google's enterprise certificates, today would be the end of iOS enterprise development, full stop, and I would reluctantly begin moving every internal app and employee over to Android. https://twitter.com/... @db : Right. But how far up the ladder did this approval go? The Onavo “team” isn't responsible for okaying usage of the enterprise developer certificate. That honor belongs to a manager/director or higher that had the authority to approve that. Hmmm. http://twitter.com/... Mark Gurman / @markgurman : In two days, Apple has knocked out some of the business operations of two of its biggest competitors at the flick of a switch. http://twitter.com/... @chillmage : Apple and Google's statements today downplay the whole thing. (Of course Apple could have just quietly talked to Google in advance if it didn't want to make *some* kind of statement). But once these big companies fall in line... will Apple start watching? @chillmage : If the three biggest tech companies in the world were flagrantly violating Apple's enterprise terms (looks like Amazon might be next)... it seems unlikely that Apple actually cares that much https://twitter.com/... Sarah Jeong / @sarahjeong : Apple banning the Facebook and Google certs is extremely funny but should also give us pause to think about how much of our daily lives depends on a handful of corporations that have been engaged in a cold war of compatibility for years Ina Fried / @inafried : Apple says it is quickly working to reinstate Google's enterprise certificates, while it didn't say anything similar re: Facebook. Google, though, quickly apologized and is a big Apple business partner. http://twitter.com/... @db : Was waiting for this. Apple is sending a clear message: If you break our rules you will be dealt with no matter who you are or how big you are. Looking forward to see if this cools Apple's relationships with Facebook & Google significantly. http://twitter.com/... Matt Stoller / @matthewstoller : FTC Chairman Tim Cook is harsh. http://twitter.com/... Tom Warren / @tomwarren : Apple this week http://www.theverge.com/... http://twitter.com/...