Yes legally every thing stands until challenged and changed.I’m going to follow myself up and point out that even in legal matters everything is still opinion. It is the opinion of the court etc… some future decision might reverse an earlier legal opinion, an opinion stands as law for only so long as a combination of the courts and the legislature both agree that it should do so. There are whole legal fields dedicated to reading different interpretations into laws…
But until then, it is clear.
You worded your response like it was fact rather than opinion:
"Incentivizing apps not to take advantage of the benefits of the DMA is steering, it even seems like recent news from Vestager suggests that the EU is thinking that could be steering as well. Steering is putting in place a measure that makes it impossible to use a service."
You even used another EU comment to justify your words (and not the EU is THINKING not saying it is) to give more credence to your claims.
I'm sure Apple has already had plenty of legal advice. As they use them often enough.
The changes made already will be designed to meet as barely as possible what the vague wording of the directive said.
This will drag on and on.
Sadly most advocates seem to want to teach Apple a lesson.
In Australia we call it Tall Poppy Syndrome - pulling successful people and companies down a peg or two.
It's a very negative thing to not celebrate success.