This is a deep misunderstanding, on multiple levels, not the least of which being: Mac App Store submissions, as far as I'm aware and have experienced, go through the same horrible approval process that iOS App Store submissions go through. The reason why no one complains about the Mac App Store process is because the only people who regularly submit apps to it are scammers and low-effort vibe-coders.

If you talk to Mac devs they all complain about it. It sucks.