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> Private API calls are an absolute no-no

Could you expand on this a little? Do you mean web service API calls that are unpublished, web service calls in general or native API calls that are somehow forbidden?

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Anything that's not covered in the SDK documentation is off-limits, even if Apple themselves are using the calls in their own apps. This is what the Whole Joe Hewitt / Three20 debacle was about: http://joehewitt.com/post/the-three20-project/

Web API calls are mostly a 17+ rating problem: if you load anything over the web that could potentially be 17+ you have a problem.

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