SkieWhat happens to our devices if Skie ever shuts down?
Devices keep the last rules they received, because those rules are cached on the device and enforced by Android. Anything beyond that, such as how an exit would work, belongs in your agreement. The sensible protection is to ask for exit terms in writing, keep your own records and use Remove Skie before any planned change.
Nobody can promise what happens to a company in the future, and this guide does not try to. What can be said is how the product is built. Policies are signed bundles stored on the device, and the rules they set are applied by Android. A device does not need a live connection for those rules to keep working.
That is useful but it is not the whole answer. Without a running service, no new policies, updates, location or alerts would arrive, and the usual dashboard tools would not be there. A responsible buyer asks for exit terms for that reason.
Ask these in your contract: what notice would you get, how would you receive a copy of your data, and what is the process for releasing devices from management. Remove Skie is the official route for releasing a device. It turns off every protection, shows every app again, restores the DNS and releases ownership, and it deletes no apps.
Keep your own records too. A register of devices with IMEI or serial, student, group and handover date means you are not dependent on a single system. A full data export is not available yet, but you can download backups, so take them regularly.
A practical tip: raise this at the start of procurement. A vendor that is open about exit terms is easier to trust than one that avoids the question, and the answer costs nothing to ask.