It’s not implausible that #Apple will have to exit the #EU. The EU labels it anticompetitive for Apple to deliver vertically integrated services where such deep integrations are not also available to third-parties that Apple must make available and support. The EU also labels it anticompetitive to even delay the release of such services to the EU. The EU fine for a first offense is 10% or global revenue. Second is 20%, and the #AppStore in the EU is 8%. https://mastodon.online/@9to5Mac/112694125463030753
#Apple’s reputation is defined by its tightly integrated products. If Apple can’t offer integrated products in the #EU, it’s an assault on its business model. It would need to break its business in the rest of the world to serve the EU.