Unless this becomes a worldwide thing (which it won't), this has little impact. It is not only Apple, all manufacturers are supposed to comply.
OP, unfortunately like always is trying to gas light and chose a headline which shows Apple is being forced to do that and also because apple is a brand that elicits more response / clicks, even articles choose to use them. But there are headlines out there which are not so biased and talk more on reparability score overall rather than specific brand.
Also, I am sure that all the manufacturers, rather than address the main problem, will try to spin this off in a way that favors more to them.