> 4.5.4 is more important

That’s the one I wanted to link to. Fixed. Thank you.

> and agrees with the "you must" bit in the HIG.

I know. The point is that the HIG is not used to enforce app policy, the App Review Guidelines are.

> They've their own internal rules and app review processes, one would presume.

Which is exactly why they are in trouble with governments around the world.

> Like how the cops can shoot people, but I can't.

Cops can’t just shoot people (well, maybe in the US?), they have to have a reason. In any civilised nation, a cop who shoots a random person doesn’t just get a pat on the back and a thumbs up. They are meant to be public servants who help enforce the law, not vigilantes who stand above it.