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Can't they just skin the app and license it to these companies? They just need an enterprise account for each company (or police force or whatever) to distribu

Can't they just skin the app and license it to these companies? They just need an enterprise account for each company (or police force or whatever) to distribute the app internally. If anything this just enables them to charge more assuming they've proven out the capabilities and the ROI. Then each company can distribute it as their own app internally - all within the guidelines of the enterprise TOS. If just skinning it isn't enough then they can create an SDK and have then consult each company to develop its own app that uses this SDK as part of it. It isn't like Apple restricts enterprise app from using other services and APIs within their own apps. I don't think the TOS are particularly unfair or hard to work within in this case.

cydmax 7y ago
This is the solution I would recommend to ClearView to stay in business. Either they don’t have the expertise to distribute enterprise apps or their clients are not capable of maintaining a MDM software and an Apple Enterprise Account. The latter really bugs me though. It implies that e.g. police officers can install any software on their work devices if they wanted too, which might endanger citizens because of possible data leaks by device loss or hacks. With a MDM you can wipe sensitive data remotely and separate private data from work relevant data. We distribute our business apps as unsigned xcarchives and our clients resign them with their Enterprise Certificates and Provisioning Profile and this can distribute them as they like.