It has been more than a year now, and this still has not been resolved. My US LLC Apple Developer account is still stuck in limbo. Apple has not given me any response. They just don't care.
During this time, I used a friend's developer account to sign my Mac app and distribute it on my own website. I was not trying to ship on the App Store anyway. Later, I enrolled as an individual and published an iOS app under that account. After that, my personal account could also sign and notarize my Mac app normally.
But I still want my US LLC developer account back. I do not want to publish Mac or iOS apps under my personal developer account. These are commercial products, and I think it is better to ship them under a company entity.
My original hope was that after the membership expired for a year, I could re-enroll and the account would return to a normal state. But that did not happen. Even though the membership has expired, Apple still will not let me enroll again. The page still says:
Sorry, you can't enroll at this time. Your Apple Account is already associated with the Account Holder of a membership.
Apple is a big company. They just don't care. They refuse to tell you any reason, and it does not look like they want to solve this problem at all.
Topic:
Developer Tools & Services
SubTopic:
Apple Developer Program
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