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Easy example: You're a big company (Facebook, Google, Apple, etc.) and you want to publish an app without showing it on your developer page in the app store or
by ezfe 5y ago
Easy example: You're a big company (Facebook, Google, Apple, etc.) and you want to publish an app without showing it on your developer page in the app store or "related apps" on a big app.
Netflix doesn't want a cafeteria ordering app showing up next to the main Netflix app, but it doesn't actually need to be securely distributed to only Netflix employees since it still requires login.
- ayewo 5y agoMore concrete examples of internal iOS apps at big companies like Facebook and Google are mentioned in this NYT article https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/technology/apple-blocks-facebook.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/technology/apple-blocks-f... This was when Facebook had it internal iOS apps disabled due to Apple’s discovery of the true nature of Onavo as a privacy eroding app distributed to consumers by Facebook.