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For what reason does Apple need a million dollar bond for someone to release an App Store? They don’t for regular apps. What’s the difference?

• kyriakos 3y ago
  Clearly to ensure not everyone opens a store just to publish their single app that would otherwise not make it on the app store due to its content. The same reason they won't allow stores that only host first party apps. Both of these rules are made to stop this. Either apple found a clever way to comply to DMA without actually doing so or we'll soon be hearing from EU and apple will backtrack as it did with PWAs and Epic account.
  • leereeves 3y ago
    > to publish their single app that would otherwise not make it on the app store Isn't publishing apps that wouldn't make it on the App Store the whole reason for alternatives? Apple's still looking for a way to undermine the DMA.
    • kyriakos 3y ago
      That's exactly what I'm saying. Apple is creating its own rules to make it as hard as possible while pretending they opened up.