Of course they do, ha ha. They could resume a few of those in "Don't dare mock us or our products".

They don't have to approve anything on Mac. You can install stuff without using the app store

Edit: oh wait sorry I see they have published it on the app store. Cool

Obviously it draws attention away from the notch! /s

I'm not surprised they made an exception. Something cute and cheerful like this might go a little way toward improving people's notch-related dispositions, and in any case it is cute and cheerful so why not?

Plus IconFactory would absolutely have contacts over on that side.

Considering how little good software (or any software at all) is available on the Mac App Store, I would think Apple would be happy to accept mostly anything