[DrinkyBird]

1. The UK and EU are rather large markets that they don’t want to miss out on.

2. There are software engineers in the UK and EU.

3. This specific implementation by Apple is not actually required by any UK or EU law, to my knowledge.

4. This specifically is or will be required by the laws of some US states and other countries.

[kgwxd]

1 Since when is Linux about marketing? And who is "they"?

2 Devs for companies can start working with proprietary OSes for the businesses they sell their soul to.

3 Who cares what apple is doing.

4 And systemd should not be liable for upholding any of them.