On: Spotify to Apple: Time to Play Fair

[georgespencer]

Yup. Look at the way Facebook and others circumvented the app store using certification recently.

[Hamuko → georgespencer]

You still need certificates from Apple in order to do so. So your ability to sideload requires a $99 subscription to the iOS development program and the continued support of Apple.

[chj → Hamuko]

I believe that's Enterprise certificate, internally use only, can't distribute directly to customers.