Maybe this has already been answered in a downstream thread, but I think it deserves its own thread... For applications delivered via a 3rd party store, how is Apple going to (a) identify them, and (b) count their installs so that it can charge its 0.50 per install fee?
> Notarization for iOS apps — a baseline review that applies to all apps, regardless of their distribution channel, focused on platform integrity and protecting users. Notarization involves a combination of automated checks and human review
Shouldn’t it be pretty trivial to track installs of Apple is notarizing every app? Even if the installs are from other sources?
For a marketplace to install an app they call the MarketplaceKit installApp() api. Apple can track this as it 1) then points to a url of the marketplace storage 2) the item is notarized and contains thus developer id that needs to pay
