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How could the EU strongly respond to Apple's malicious compliance here? (Assuming regulators see blatant violation in Apple's new policy.)
The digital markets act allows for fines of up to 20% annual turnover for repeat offenders.
I believe actual fines tend to be far lower.
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The removing of the app is not the problem. Apple requires signed apps before they can be installed. They retain the right to remove apps specifically for security violations. This does not give them the right to block apps based on content or similar factors. You could publish a porn app that Apple would normally disallow. In this program Apple would not try to prevent that from being installed. If it started steali…
This absolutely gives them the ability (they have all the rights here, and publishers and users have none -- they only need abilities) so your entire line of argument is rendered silly and moot. What they can do they can do and no amount of fanboy defense changes that. Apple has given itself the ability (rights are immaterial, you have none) to do this, and that's that.
Edit: BTW - I’m not saying that I like all of the rules that Apple has proposed for handling alternate apps stores. Some of those rules are almost spiteful. They are clearly following the letter of the regulation more than the spirit and are stacking the deck in their favor.