On Tuesday, Apple rolled out an update to its plans to comply with the Digital Markets Act in the European Union. There are several notable changes, the most significant being that the company will now allow approved developers to offer their apps directly from their website -- known as sideloading -- without going through Apple's, or anyone's, app store.
This means that in order to take advantage of the ability to distribute your apps via your own website, you have to have had more than 1 million app installs in the previous year. That means you have to have acquired more than 1 million new customers for your app. So, you'll have to have built an audience for your app using the App Store before you can start offering your app to customers outside the App Store.
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