No clearly this is Apple responding to Louis Rossmann complaining on Youtube and nothing more. Gigantic companies almost always make policy decisions based on influencers on Youtube.
Just to be clear, Louis Rossmann has raised millions of dollars in funding for his Right to Repair efforts and has hired lobbyists to push forward repair legislation in something like 15 states. He is not just some YouTube guy he is a hard working advocate with 1.7 million followers and a legal campaign with teeth.
And to the point Apple ( or representative of Apple ) has to one way or another threaten the state along with other measures. Louis has documented many of these tactics in his video. I think Apple stopped ( or changed their tone ) sometimes after all the bad press targeting them.
