This is a fundamental misunderstanding of what an App Store policy is. You're reasoning as though the policy is for Apple to follow. No. It's for developers to

This is a fundamental misunderstanding of what an App Store policy is. You're reasoning as though the policy is for Apple to follow. No. It's for developers to follow. Apple can put whatever it wants on the App Store, the policies are guidance for developers to give them a fighting chance that their apps will be accepted. If Apple wants an app, it'll go on the store. If they don't, it won't.