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heavyset_go on Dec 11, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Cydia, the original app store, sues Apple on antit...

> On iOS, certain API restrictions are enforced by the app review process.

Notarization for apps on macOS already checks for private API usage[1] even if the apps aren't distributed on the Mac App Store.

[1] https://www.waynedixon.com/2019/05/16/new-notarization-requi...

saagarjha on Dec 11, 2020 [–]

I think those checks are primarily for security-related private APIs, not the ones that you would normally get when submitting to the iOS and macOS App Stores.

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