I'm developing an iOS app for a museum as a freelancer. It's a very simple video player, to be installed on a single iPad that will be part of a permanent exhibition, basically acting as a kiosk. It turns out the iPad is the ideal device for that if you're looking for a small and affordable touchscreen.
The problem is: as far as I can tell, none of the Apple Developer Program options available will allow me to distribute an app like that. The relevant options are (from the link above):
iOS Developer Program ($99/year)
Select this program if you would like to distribute apps on the App Store as an individual, sole proprietor, company, organization, government entity or educational institution.iOS Developer Enterprise Program ($299/year)
Select this program if you would like to develop proprietary apps for internal distribution within your company, organization, government entity or educational institution.
The regular program requires distribution through the App Store. The Enterprise version is for internal distribution within my own organization. Neither is the case here! It seems like I'm doomed to violate Apple's terms of service (and I can think of at least two ways of doing that: jailbreaking, or changing the iPad's date so it won't know the provisioning profile expired).
Is that really so, or did I get the descriptions wrong? Has anyone here been in a similar situation?
Best Answer
I think jailbreaking is a good option for your use-case. In addition to resolving the licensing issue (assuming jailbreaking remains legal), it would also enable you to block OTA updates. I think blocking them is a good precaution for your use case, as OS or library updates may cause your software to break in the future even if you don't change it.