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If Apple is fined for breaking these rules - the fine would be $80 billion. That would be two thirds of Apple's annual global net profits or $200 for every citizen in the EU.
It wouldn't bankrupt the company, but it would definitely hurt and they don't want to pay that.
It runs on the primary device for over a billion people. Which means supporting it, for app developers, isn't really optional at all assuming you want your app to be available to all users.
This isn't about users, it's about EU based businesses. If you run a hotel for example, you need to be on iOS with some kind of app (obviously it could be a web app).