Apple has taken measures to ensure that the app store is a walled garden. It has set the bar pretty high compared to other less regulated 'app stores'. It could be considered a strength/weakness. It is what it is....

If it was an anti-apple app then, @#%& you: Denied! Can't have anything ruining apples image, everyone else DIAF.

freedom of expression, more like a bigoted attack. This entire story has so many directions it could go.....