This is untrue. Apple was fighting EU the entire time trying to avoid a switch to USB-C on iPhones. EU representatives were publicly critical of Apple, eventually Apple was forced to give in.
It's super fast if you use Native AOT. My entire application starts up in 0.3 seconds, that includes Avalonia and all my code too. It does use more memory than I'd like though, about 200 MB.
Actually, the great thing about this show is that it doesn't focus so much on the actual zombies, that just gets boring fast. This show is story driven and I really like that.