EU has the ultimate regulatory leverage in EU. Hence I feel like I'm missing something with Apple giving EU the fuck you. It feels so brazen. Apple capitulating

EU has the ultimate regulatory leverage in EU. Hence I feel like I'm missing something with Apple giving EU the fuck you. It feels so brazen. Apple capitulating in US/home market is one thing, but no telling what geopolitics goes behind the scenes for US to protect their monopoly / ecosystem capture abroad while weakly regulating at home. It's HN/US centric reaction to EU bureaucrats that suggests this could be more than EU vs Apple affair. Real money is on the line, not charging cable money.