They're complying by making the backdoor irrelevant. The only way they didn't comply is by ignoring the truly absurd part of the order to backdoor users globally, which was never going to fly.

And no, I did not say they should shut off iCloud in the UK. They should continue to allow people in the UK to use iCloud, and the advanced encryption feature. Right now they're reportedly adding code to detect UK-based phones and prevent them from using these features.