Apple calls for changes to anti-monopoly laws and says it may stop shipping to the EU
(www.theguardian.com)
You should never pay a blackmailer, because that incentives blackmailing. Still, everyone pays, because that causes the least pain
Same with this, they can bluff all they want; in the end, they won't not sell their devices in Europe, because that would mean lost profit and the least pain is complying.
Go die in a dirty back alley apple, you deserve it