This is just more malicious compliance by Apple. Indie developers are completely locked out of web distribution, and it applies only to developers who are already paying the Apple tax.
> To be eligible for Web Distribution, you must:
> Be a member of good standing in the Apple Developer Program for two continuous years or more, and have an app that had more than one million first annual installs on iOS in the EU in the prior calendar year.
> Developers will pay a CTF of €0.50 for each first annual install over one million in the past 12 months.
> To be eligible for Web Distribution, you must:
> Be a member of good standing in the Apple Developer Program for two continuous years or more, and have an app that had more than one million first annual installs on iOS in the EU in the prior calendar year.
> Developers will pay a CTF of €0.50 for each first annual install over one million in the past 12 months.
https://developer.apple.com/support/web-distribution-eu/