I may disagree with an Apple App Store policy or decision, but IME I've never found it kafkaesque. Google's really is a maze.

I recently had an app pulled from Google about a month after its latest update (the app has been in the store for years) b/c I hadn't checked some new privacy box in the UI. I received no warning prior to the take down or when I last submitted, and the take down message didn't even point me in the UI where I could check this box. After searching SO, I was able to track it down. Then the app was rejected for an unrelated reason that required an appeal. I appealed and they simply stated rejection again. I appealed again asking if they actually read the original appeal and received no response. A week or so later the app was back live - and I only knew because I checked.

I had an app taken down 5 years after the last update for a trademark violation in the store listing: a photo of a logo. The app was a logo identification app (basically). So that was utterly hilarious. I never fixed it. I lol’d so hard I didn’t even care.

Sound like a reasonable take down. You are using someone else's logo.

It was a screen shot of an app recognizing the logo, with their permission.

Ah I see, agreed then.

If just "slightly" is enough to make people move, there'd be more competitive pressure on Google to improve things, and for Apple to catch up or stay ahead. Don't estimate the power of competition.