This whole drama seems like a textbook case of "Be careful what you wish for - you just might get it." Ek seems not to understand that people who have a lot of

This whole drama seems like a textbook case of "Be careful what you wish for - you just might get it." Ek seems not to understand that people who have a lot of money and reputation at stake are highly motivated to work around legal and regulatory obstacles (while still avoiding running afoul of the law) and will hire the best people to counsel them. He is a fool if he expected Apple not to try as hard as it can to preserve its fees, the iOS user experience, security for its customers, etc., as much as possible.