"State regulations" is a synonym for underdevelopment, which Europe already has enough of, thanks to previous regulations
Hey remember when the Motorola Razr wouldn't charge on a regular USB port unless you had a specific driver (or had to use the actual charger?). Amazing innovation
No one regulated the number of mobile operating systems, and there were really many of them, even before the era of smartphones. Now there are 2 main ones and a couple of outsiders, all the rest died in the competitive struggle
The only manufacturer that didn't do anything about it was Apple