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I wouldn't be surprised if the reason the Commission agreed to it was better to have a shitty deal now, than to let Apple drag this through the courts for a decade.

The EU is notoriously bad at enforcing its laws, from GDPR to this.

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Which would be the most pathetic but plausible interpretation of this. Instead of working to improve the legislative mechanisms in the EU to prevent malicious abuse of the system, they merely let Apple just do whatever it wants.

improving the legislative mechanism would require even more time, and it does not appear there is the political will for it at this time

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