[msgodel]

App stores are a business thing not a technical thing. You must be a business partner with the OS vendor to publish in one.

They're a horrible idea and quite frankly should be illegal.

[andrewmcwatters]

Totally. If you want to opt-in to selling beside knockoffs, then sure go for it. But this duopoly requirement of being forced to sell your software in a digital dollar store is gross.