I believe that the issue was that the EU wanted Apple to open up their new AI agent interface (the ability to control every app on your phone so Siri can call you an Uber or whatever), and Apple thought that it was too risky of a capability to give to any random AI app right out of the gate.
> Apple thought that it was too risky of a capability to give to any random AI app right out of the gate
Oh come on. Apple doesn't want to give up control. That's what this is about. The privacy thing is just to make them look good