Any app can do that without violating Apple's rules. Actually, no, doing so specifically violates Apple's rules. That's the entire point. That "any app can d

Any app can do that without violating Apple's rules. Actually, no, doing so specifically violates Apple's rules. That's the entire point. That "any app can do that" is tautological... it's not like Uber's app is special in this regard. There are many things an app can do that violate the ToS. Normally that stuff is caught during app acceptance... Unless the vendor sneakily bypasses the rules by disguising the functionality, as Uber did here.