A pretty good blog summary of how this differs from past practice. https://eclecticlight.co/2018/09/24/has-that-app-been-notarized-and-what-are-the-benefits-to

A pretty good blog summary of how this differs from past practice. https://eclecticlight.co/2018/09/24/has-that-app-been-notarized-and-what-are-the-benefits-to-the-user/ https://eclecticlight.co/2018/09/24/has-that-app-been-notari... TLDR: You have to adopt the new OS user privacy protections. (Users must give permission for your app to access things like the webcam, microphone, contacts, photos, location data, etc.) Your app gets scanned for malware before it is signed. There is still no App Store approval process involved.