"Apple never fails to be consistently the bad guy and yet their users and fans put up with anything they do."
Except for the "bad guy" bit, this is a VERY key point. First, Apple is not a "monopoly", regardless of what some people are claiming. You can't have a monopoly on your own product AND it is impossible to be a monopoly with 25% of the market. Apple is not a "bad guy".
Second, U.S. anti-trust laws exist to protect consumers. Not competitors. The only people complaining about Apple are competitors. Apple customers are happy. Extremely happy, in fact. And extremely loyal. Therefore, governments have no jurisdiction to force Apple to change anything. Because these changes are only wanted by competitors. These are the true bad guys.
As the judge said in the silly Epic Games case, "Being successful is not illegal". Competitors can whine all they want, but Apple has every right to do what it does.
Which the U.S. Supreme Court confirmed by refusing to even hear the case. Do you understand how important that was? That alone should tell you everything you need to know.
No one is forcing anyone to buy Apple products. There are TONS of choices in the phone/tablet/PC markets. No one is forcing companies to support Apple. If you want to make money by selling software/services/whatever to Apple's users, then you have to follow Apple's rules. If you don't like the rules then too bad. Sell your software/services/whatever to Android users and stop whining about Apple.
When Apple has 95% of the phone/tablet/PC market, THEN governments can force Apple to change. Until then, everyone just needs to Get Over It. Apple does not owe anyone anything.
Just because lots of people hate Apple (for whatever bizarre reasons), does not mean governments can force Apple to change so everyone will like Apple.
Regarding the EU, I love that Apple is giving them a big FU. Socialist countries trying to dictate what a hugely successful American company should do is just great theater. If these useless politicians/bureaucrats knew anything about running a successful company, they would be doing so. Instead of being useless, know-nothing politicians/bureaucrats.