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Apple must open iPadOS to sideloading within 6 months, EU says
(arstechnica.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
There is no loophole though.
Even if there was, the EU runs on civil law, not common law, which means the intent of the law trumps the wording, and there is no emphasis on precedents. So if an EU judge decides that Apple is fucking around trying to skirt the law, there is no change required to the law to slap them down.