Please read the very next section of the law. Immediately below the part you quoted.
An undertaking shall be presumed to satisfy the respective requirements in paragraph 1:
(a) | as regards paragraph 1, point (a), where it achieves an annual Union turnover equal to or above EUR 7,5 billion in each of the last three financial years, or where its average market capitalisation or its equivalent fair market value amounted to at least EUR 75 billion in the last financial year, and it provides the same core platform service in at least three Member States; |
(b) | as regards paragraph 1, point (b), where it provides a core platform service that in the last financial year has at least 45 million monthly active end users established or located in the Union and at least 10 000 yearly active business users established in the Union, identified and calculated in accordance with the methodology and indicators set out in the Annex; |
(c) | as regards paragraph 1, point (c), where the thresholds in point (b) of this paragraph were met in each of the last three financial years. |
If they’re just going to declare whoever they want gatekeepers, why bother putting that in there.
But don’t take my word, or the text of the law for it. Here is Vestager’s quote announcing iPadOS is a “core platform service”:
"Our market investigation showed that despite not meeting the thresholds, iPadOS constitutes an important gateway on which many companies rely to reach their customers."
And with that, I’m done replying here because we don’t need to spar again for the 500th time and we’re off topic at this point. see you in the next EU thread!