“Apple decided to break up the division after European regulators started requiring Apple to allow third-party payment methods and alternative app stores”
Apple is splitting the App Store team in two. One half runs the store. The other half handles the alternative marketplaces Europe forced on it. Matt Fischer leaves after more than a decade as App Store vice president, and Phil Schiller oversees both halves. Apple built a whole division for competition it only allows because regulators made it.