If you allow Readability to be 'different' because it's just a gateway, then everyone from Murdoch on down will create a similar gateway to their subscription content, no-one will pay Apple anything and users will continue to have to run through hassle of buying content outside the store and become disillusioned with the store.
Apple's core, recurring problem is that they're writing rules intended for well-defined software and services, but they simply can not account for all the software that doesn't neatly fit into those buckets.
There is almost nothing they can do with the store without running afoul of some well-meaning edge case.
Apple's core, recurring problem is that they're writing rules intended for well-defined software and services, but they simply can not account for all the software that doesn't neatly fit into those buckets.
There is almost nothing they can do with the store without running afoul of some well-meaning edge case.