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The GPL has an exception for “system libraries” on this regard, but it’s as handwavy as the rest of the license.
The GPL isn’t meant to be a real license, it’s supposed to be a toxic waste bucket that companies don’t want to interact with. This it succeeds at.
I think it’s just that government bodies like the EU move slow so it’ll take a while for them to bonk Apple, not that they’re “getting away with it” in anything more than the short term.
I could be wrong though.