> And how could Apple force them to pay? Apple has structured this so that you still need an Apple developer account to release an app (because apps still have

> And how could Apple force them to pay? Apple has structured this so that you still need an Apple developer account to release an app (because apps still have to be notarized to run on iOS regardless of where you download them, which is a process they control). So, they're still the gatekeeper, and can impose rules on you to pass through that gate on pain of having your access revoked. Their argument is implicitly that they're allowing what the EU has required them to allow, and so anything else is fair game. In particular, that so long as they're allowing people access according to the EU's requirements, they're allowed to charge them for use of the platform. I imagine that there'll be lawsuits / regulatory action from the EU to work out whether they're right, of course.