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by hundchenkatze 3821 days ago
This is unrelated to Apple and it's AppStore. Even if you sold this on your own, you'd be subject to the same rules.

https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/policy-guidance/encryption

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There is an important difference, though. Small companies and individuals often fly under the radar of wacky bureaucratic rules like this, whereas big companies are more visible and are stuck with them. By routing all the small-timers through a big company, they can no longer do that.

You might say, small companies should be following these rules regardless so this is just as well. And I'd probably agree. But it's still a pretty big difference.

No, most people wouldn't.