"Oops, an inadvertent unavoidable accident meant we broke the functionality we didn't want but were forced to add!"
No matter what you think about the regulation, it's obvious Apple cannot in any way be allowed to win that one now.
At least in the common charger case it was an industry agreement not a law and they did it when the regulation came, this time it's much more serious.
yes, I (also) think the EU pro-consumer regulations are good and Apple ought to adhere to them simply because it's the virtuous behavior, but ... they have show time after time that they prefer (virtually amoral) profit maximization.