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Please re-read the guidelines and the use. No API has been used that wasn't explicitly allowed to be used for said purposes. Location provided location. The public signal that indicates screen off and on was used. Neither was used surreptitiously, rather, used explicitly. Apple says this os OK. They just have an inconsistently applied definition of what qualifies as "location is the primary use".

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>Apple says this is OK

No, Apple clearly said this is not OK by rejecting the app.

This is not a courtroom where you get to debate how the letter of the law should be interpreted.

If I invite you to my garden party, but don’t like your behaviour then I can throw you out.

The debate to me seems to be about whether apple is within it's moral rights. The fact that legally they may be able to do whatever they want (modulo anti trust) seems pretty clear.

Ok. Then consider the following: can I use this app to track my screen time without giving it always-on location access? No. Therefore the app is not using the location API for its intended purpose. They use it to get unlimited background execution time under the disguise of location tracking.

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