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Not specific to Apple. Same thing has to be done for any other app store, like Google's. Some mentioned that there is an exception if you use OS libraries for encryption. I think that's not the case, but I think using some third party SDKs like Game Center (for which I guess the providers did the paper work) is excepted.

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> any other app store, like Google's

Not sure. This looks like a US-centric, bureaucratic thing. I doubt that F-Droid https://f-droid.org/ requires this kind of nonsense when submitting apps.

Yeah, that's true. I meant US company app stores. But some other countries have these kinds of rules. I know of France.

That is correct. It applies whenever a computer program goes from US soil to non-US soil. Wether it's Apple's App Store, Google Play or carrier pigeon, it's the same.

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