Google has been fined for the same thing on Android[1]. The reason Apple gets a pass is more or less a loophole in the law. They have no manufacturing partners

Google has been fined for the same thing on Android[1]. The reason Apple gets a pass is more or less a loophole in the law. They have no manufacturing partners, no oems, nothing. They maintain 100% control over their hardware and software. If Apple did have third party phone vendors, the way they manage iOS would absolutely earn them some fines. But they can't be 'anticompetitive' if they create such a walled garden that they don't even compete with anyone. [1] https://www.npr.org/2018/07/18/630030673/eu-hits-google-with-5-billion-fine-for-pushing-apps-on-android-users https://www.npr.org/2018/07/18/630030673/eu-hits-google-with...