> and the EU stepped in and "re-interpreted" it to rent-seek.

No, they overrode the Irish decision because it was illegally anticompetitive. Please stop using Hacker News if your intention is to solely be butthurt over unfair rulings when they get corrected. Everyone on this website knows that Apple wields illegal anticompetitive power, nobody here should be surprised when Apple is forced to remediate tax fraud and deliberate DMA violations.

> The EU suffers economically when it falls behind technologically.

Well then it's a good thing Apple isn't leading the industry.

"Noooooo! Think of how many Vision Pro sales that Apple would miss out on by pulling out of Europe!" ...said nobody ever.