The size of the fine depends on the number of privacy violations.
Brussels bureaucrats are not the only people who can bring lawsuits for GDPR violations. A startup that makes money through an app likely has European customers and thus there are assets that could be targeted.
In practice, both the Google Play Store and the Apple store have rules that enforce privacy. Especially, Apple is quite willing to tell Joe Startup that his app needs to follow the rules if it wants to be in their store.
The size of the fine depends on the number of privacy violations.
Brussels bureaucrats are not the only people who can bring lawsuits for GDPR violations. A startup that makes money through an app likely has European customers and thus there are assets that could be targeted.
In practice, both the Google Play Store and the Apple store have rules that enforce privacy. Especially, Apple is quite willing to tell Joe Startup that his app needs to follow the rules if it wants to be in their store.