As someone who is not an iDeveloper and has no idea what the UIPopoverController does: couldn't you make a case that Apple is deliberately crippling the competition and, therefore, make a case for abuse of a dominant position?
If it were so it then it wouldn't be about being shocking, expected or logical, but about being against the law.
If it were so it then it wouldn't be about being shocking, expected or logical, but about being against the law.