It sounds to me like you described a situation where the regulations are working as intended. In the scenario you describe, the EU wants Apple to remove a nons

It sounds to me like you described a situation where the regulations are working as intended. In the scenario you describe, the EU wants Apple to remove a nonstandard lightning connector and replace it with a standard one for increased interoperability and decreased e-waste. It looks like what you describe is exactly what happened, which is exactly what the EU wanted.