This is what I've been warning about in these threads from the beginning: every time a government does something to Apple, certain people on HN cheer them on be

This is what I've been warning about in these threads from the beginning: every time a government does something to Apple, certain people on HN cheer them on because any government action is seen as a good step. Unfortunately, as illustrated here, that's not actually the case. The current course of government action against Apple (on both sides of the pond!) will not lead to the iPhone as we know it minus the specific things that irk us as app and web developers. What the EU is doing and what this lawsuit seeks to do will end Apple as we know it. For some people that might be an acceptable outcome, but I think a lot of people are laboring under the false assumption that these actions will give them exactly what they want without any downsides.