Kierkegaarden

Did the EU stipulate how much time Apple is allowed to approve any apps or app updates?  No.  So stop whining about every little thing already — NOBODY GIVES A DAMN.

Separately, Epic Games is continuing to press the European Union over Apple. In that case, its criticisms concern what it alleges is Apple's "malicious compliance" in only technically following the laws of the Digital Markets Act.

If you’re “technically” following the law, are you not acting legally?

So if the court accepted the compliance filing from Apple, how could they be held in contempt of court?

pjm said:

If Apple TV+ starts ads, I will drop my subscription.   I hate ads.  They disrupt the flow of the story.  I pay for steaming to avoid them.

Why are you and others so confused about this?  TV+ will eventually have an ad-supported tier at a lower cost — if you want to not watch ads, you can just stick with what you have.  Some may opt for watching ads in exchange for saving money — I wouldn’t, but this is absolutely where streaming is going.  I believe Netflix is the only streamer that makes a profit, and even that isn’t a whole lot.  The business model is based on having 100s of millions of subscribers to work, and you need fresh content.  A daily or weekly program would help with retention — not sure why this isn’t being done, other than the production costs without ads to support it.  Maybe they will have some programs that show ads and others that do not.  

What pressure?  Apple needed Epic to go on record as giving assurance that they won’t violate their agreement again, and that is what happened.  Now, when Epic does violate the agreement, their accounts will be terminated and there will be nothing they or the EU can do about it.