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It's more like pg suddenly deleting your comments here, telling you, "No obsequious comments", leaving you wondering just what how that applies to your comments.

Except that by then you have already spent time and, possibly, money on developing said widget.

I still don't understand what the definition of a widget is.

For all you know, the whole app is a "widget." The term "widget" is semantically empty without a relevant context from which to derive a definition. It really just means "thing." The closest thing to a relevant definition on the iPhone is "user interface element," but clearly those are not banned from the platform.

You do realize that "no widgets" is just a bullshit distraction?