I assume the idea is that each update can then be manually reviewed (by an actual human) -- because that's what you're paying for as a developer listing your app.
Which should in theory get rid of a lot of scam submissions.
Which should in theory get rid of a lot of scam submissions.
Scammers need an order of magnitude or more iteration over a legit dev to be very effective, so a per release fee will hit them much harder than legit devs.