Apple widened its privacy feud with tech giants on Thursday as it blocked Google from running its internally built iOS apps, an apparent response to the search company’s violation of Apple’s developer terms. Google has disabled Screenwise Meter on iOS devices and apologized in a statement to TechCrunch Wednesday. “We designed our Enterprise Developer Program solely for the internal distribution of apps within an organization," Apple said after TechCrunch reported on Facebook’s Research VPN app. Facebook said in a statement that it is currently in the process of bringing its employee-facing apps back online and that no consumer facing apps were affected. Apple has positioned itself as a major critic of the business models that power companies such as Google and Facebook.

Source: Washington Post January 31, 2019 22:38 UTC