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Re:Epic says Apple will reinstate developer account by sharikous on Friday March 08, 2024 @02:47PM (#39645446)
Honestly what you describe seems to be an attempt by Apple PR to save face.

They fear the spotlight on the fact that even on alternate stores only accounts controlled by Apple can publish apps, which might become the focus of new regulations

Re:Epic says Apple will reinstate developer account by tebbers on Friday March 08, 2024 @03:23PM (#39645928)
There’s no way that the EU permits Apple to control this going forwards.
Re:Epic says Apple will reinstate developer account by eastbound on Friday March 08, 2024 @06:42PM (#39647894)
*only accounts controlled by Apple can publish apps… and have to pay an installation fee of 0.5$ per app per user per year.