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I’m confused by what the AppStore being split means. Each country already has it’s own AppStore with specific apps, and reviews. Will developers have to submit

• perryizgr8 3y ago
  > Each country already has it’s own AppStore with specific apps, and reviews. Is that true? I thought it is one app store, they just filter the content according to your region, language, etc. After all I don't have to install another app store app (unlike Amazon shopping which has different apps for different regions) when I go to another country.
  • sumuyuda 3y ago
    You are correct in that you don’t have to install a separate front end app, but the apps are segregated on the backend. Apps are region locked creating different versions of the AppStore. Plenty developers only release their app on a specific region.
    • perryizgr8 3y ago
      > but the apps are segregated on the backend This is kind of subjective isn't it then? I can argue that any app that shows different content to different users is actually a separate app for each user, since all the data is "segregated in the backend". IMO the proper measure of this has to be the user-facing actual app. Not some abstract concept of an app in the backend.
• neximo64 3y ago
  It means basically that Apple won't let these App store channels to work outside the EU. Their strategy is to reduce the economies of scale that you can achieve, and thus make them less attractive since as a developer you could not sell as much on those app stores.