Apple Breaks Facebook's API Rules

It's only been around two days or so ever since Apple announced their new Ping service built right into iTunes 10. I, myself, have downloaded iTunes 10 and took a look at all of their new features, which some I agree and disagree with, but one of the major features that Apple has been recently trying to do is focusing more on social networking. Now you can friend artists on Ping just like you friend your friends on Facebook.

Because of all of this, Apple wanted to use the power of Facebook to leverage their new Ping service built into iTunes to find your Facebook friends who're already using Ping. As we all know, iTunes is a very big major distributor, and with that, so many people will tie their Ping account into Facebook to find their friends already using Ping. While I'm betting the Apple developers knew about Facebook's API limits, Apple neglected to contact Facebook about this service because of their large user base.

Facebook shut down Apple's right to access their API for Ping and Apple was forced to delete everything about Facebook from their new service. Facebook's APIs, for the most part, are pretty open and easily accessible. But Facebook has some rules that if you're planning on using their API while expecting a very large user base, they request you to contact Facebook before they release.

The main question for me is if they'll ever bring back these Facebook features. Because Apple already violated their terms, I doubt they'll be coming back... what are your thoughts on this matter? Do you think Apple explicitly broke Facebook's API terms?