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If all App Store sells stopped in the EU, it would be 7% of their App Store revenue which is only part of their services revenue which is only 1/5 of their overall revenue.

EU is Apple’s third largest market. The largest market ping pongs between China and the Americans

https://www.macrumors.com/2023/08/29/china-biggest-iphone-ma...

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China iPhone sales are down 24% yoy. With continuing friction this will not be a market they can count on in the future.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-11/apple-to-...

iPhone sales are always down until there is a new form factor. This has been true since at least the 6S

Why do you keep talking about their app store revenue? IF the EU applied pressure on Apple by blocking their services, both app store and iPhone sales would disappear overnight. Nobody is going to buy an iPhone that doesn't work.

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