[sharikous]

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

[eastbound]

*only accounts controlled by Apple can publish apps… and have to pay an installation fee of 0.5$ per app per user per year.

[tebbers]

There’s no way that the EU permits Apple to control this going forwards.