Ok, this is reasonable. However, it doesn't seem to be the central issue to me. The app could be rewritten to use the public (possibly undocumented) interface,

Ok, this is reasonable. However, it doesn't seem to be the central issue to me. The app could be rewritten to use the public (possibly undocumented) interface, that we all use on the web. But it seems like issues would still exist then? Seems like Apple would still remove the app. Or is that not the case?