how can Apple charge app developers in the EU .50 per user over 1000000 when their app is side loaded outside of Apples ecosystem.

Question

How can they regulate it at all if they dont need to submit the app to Apple?

In: Technology

Answer 1

Because while you don’t have to sell your app through the app store, it still has to be signed (they call it notarized) by Apple. Without this notarization, an app will not run on an iOS device, regardless of what store it’s from