I doubt this will actually happen because of such ruling - not that it wont happen, but at most said ruling will be the excuse, not the reason (reason being pla

I doubt this will actually happen because of such ruling - not that it wont happen, but at most said ruling will be the excuse, not the reason (reason being plain old greed). It is like the false dichotomy between paying for software vs paying with your data: developers can simply do both (and many are doing both). Or, in games, the idea that DLCs, microtransactions, etc are "necessary" due to the high costs of development when in reality this is just an excuse and they only exist because they provide extra money and the companies can get away with it. So similarly to the above, subscriptions, higher prices, etc will happen not because the developers have to use them but because they are simply more profitable and since a response like "we did it because we wanted more money" isn't exactly PR friendly, they'll just put the blame in the vague and far away direction of EU and other similar scapegoats.