Apple blocked both Google and Facebook’s internal apps on their platform after it was discovered that both giants had distributed internal apps to consumers.
Feuds between tech giants are fairly common, and we’ve come to see our fair share of them unravel over the years. Today, we get to witness one between three market behemoths; namely Apple, Google and Facebook. Apple has shut down Google’s ability to distribute its internal iOS apps. The Verge received information from a source that stated the ban caused several early versions of Google Maps, Hangouts, Gmail, and other pre-release beta apps to stop working. Other affected apps include Google’s employee-centric apps such as one Gbus app for transportation and their internal cafe app.
The move comes shortly after Google was found distributing a private app that monitored how people use their iPhones.
