I don't get it...
Perhaps I'm missing the point but how could this be construed as having anything to do with deterring EU regulators? How does grouping similar results make Google (seem) less anti-competitive?
"But many will wonder why, given the power of Google's online algorithmic muscle, the company hadn't offered up its vid searches in that way previously."
Sounds like a phrase you can apply every time Google rolls out a new feature, just replace 'vid searches' with whatever. There's not necessarily a Machiavellian conspiracy behind it.
And now for the downvotes...