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TestFlight doesn't work for b2b. You can't sell or give a private customer a software solution then ask them to register for a test to get the iOS software.

by bsaul 8y ago

scarface74 8y ago
You can distribute it on the App Store and only allow customers to use it via a login. This is a solved problem and what my previous company use to do.
- bsaul 8y ago
  You can’t do that if you also distribute apps in b2c, because people wouldn’t understand which app to pick, it would create confusion. Also, asking for a login at startup without providing a way to register via the app was against the store tos, iirc.
  - scarface74 8y ago
    Again. There is an existence proof. I worked for a company in the healthcare space that was strictly business to business it was used for secure HIPAA compliant messages between doctors in a hospital network. You couldn’t use the app unless you were a doctor who belonged to a clients network. As far as not understanding what app to pick. There are plenty of companies including FB that have apps for the general public and apps for a subset of users.
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    - bsaul 8y ago
      That's also a thing with app store : the fact that someone else's app works one way doesn't mean a lot. Your app could get accepted for months and then all of the sudden be rejected after an update makes it go through validation again. But that was the App store's rules, and people more or less learned to go with it. What worries me a lot with the recent news is that the lottery could now affect enterprise certificates as well.
      - scarface74 8y ago
        Well, you can’t register from within most of the streaming apps including DirectvNOW, Sling TV, Netflix, etc.
Reason077 8y ago
There’s also a “custom apps for business” program: https://developer.apple.com/business/custom-apps/ https://developer.apple.com/business/custom-apps/

TestFlight doesn't work for b2b. You can't sell or give a private customer a software solution then ask them to register for a test to get the iOS software.

by bsaul 8y ago

TestFlight doesn't work for b2b. You can't sell or give a private customer a software solution then ask them to register for a test to get the iOS software.

scarface74 8y ago

You can distribute it on the App Store and only allow customers to use it via a login. This is a solved problem and what my previous company use to do.

bsaul 8y ago
You can’t do that if you also distribute apps in b2c, because people wouldn’t understand which app to pick, it would create confusion. Also, asking for a login at startup without providing a way to register via the app was against the store tos, iirc.
- scarface74 8y ago
  Again. There is an existence proof. I worked for a company in the healthcare space that was strictly business to business it was used for secure HIPAA compliant messages between doctors in a hospital network. You couldn’t use the app unless you were a doctor who belonged to a clients network. As far as not understanding what app to pick. There are plenty of companies including FB that have apps for the general public and apps for a subset of users.
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  - bsaul 8y ago
    That's also a thing with app store : the fact that someone else's app works one way doesn't mean a lot. Your app could get accepted for months and then all of the sudden be rejected after an update makes it go through validation again. But that was the App store's rules, and people more or less learned to go with it. What worries me a lot with the recent news is that the lottery could now affect enterprise certificates as well.
    - scarface74 8y ago
      Well, you can’t register from within most of the streaming apps including DirectvNOW, Sling TV, Netflix, etc.

Reason077 8y ago

There’s also a “custom apps for business” program: https://developer.apple.com/business/custom-apps/ https://developer.apple.com/business/custom-apps/