Doesn't really seem like they came around to some great moral realization. I think they just saw the writing on the wall and decided to put on a friendly face to try and get a few favorable provisions thrown in.
Clearly this! Surely the key part of the article, it's already happening, so you might as well grab some good press and it's worked. It's better headlines for apple than them losing after years of fighting it, and getting plenty of compromises
