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> Which, by the way, might be a bit scummy but as far as I can see theres no indication they have broken any laws there either. It broke the agreement they mad
by jonknee 8y ago
> Which, by the way, might be a bit scummy but as far as I can see theres no indication they have broken any laws there either.
It broke the agreement they made with Apple to get the key and as such Apple revoked the key. It seems very cut and dry to me.
- pentae 8y agoMy point is Apple offers no alternative.
- jonknee 8y agoWhy should they? Facebook went out of their way to abuse the rules, but should get an exception because they buy a lot of iPhones?
- jedberg 8y agoApple should offer an alternative way to load apps onto the phones that Facebook paid for that can't be revoked.
- Shish2k 8y agoI don't think anybody's suggesting that Facebook should be an exception - rather, it would be good if Apple allowed everybody to sideload iphone apps (other than enterprise and developer keys, which are both great for their niche but not general-purpose)
- codebook 8y agoYou don't understand what parent comment is saying ... it complains Apple's closed environment not allowing of any apps to be installed in anyone's phone unless app is downloaded from AppStore.
- jonknee 8y ago> Apple's closed environment not allowing of any apps to be installed in anyone's phone unless app is downloaded from AppStore Except the enterprise distribution which is what Facebook fucked up by breaking the rules. You have to try really hard to get that revoked, Facebook did and now they're in a tough spot. This is fine.
- pentae 8y agoYou keep spectacularly missing the point my friend.
- shanghaiaway 8y agoI'm not your friend, pal.
- dang 8y agoMaybe so, but please don't post unsubstantive comments here, and especially please don't be rude. When someone is wrong, post correct information so we all can learn, or simply don't post. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- the_common_man 8y agoThe market has no alternative is the real story here
- andrekandre 8y agoTINA (there is no alternative)
- blattimwind 8y agoFB first broke their appstore agreement with Apple (resulting in the app getting kicked out of the appstore), then violated another agreement, which was subsequently cancelled by Apple.