Yes, Apple is more than happy to make the software available free of charge, but with the gargantuan caveat that they add their own restrictions in the App Stor

Yes, Apple is more than happy to make the software available free of charge, but with the gargantuan caveat that they add their own restrictions in the App Store license terms. In particular, these new restrictions are very un-GPL. For instance, can a user that downloads GNU Go via App Store then redistribute that app? More to the point, the GPL was written the way it was for a reason, and the FSF should not be expected to ignore the terms of the GPL just because it'd be inconvenient to Apple. By standing up for their ability to enforce GPL terms, the FSF did directly attempt to protect consumers and developers. At the least, they showed quite well that Apple is not on the side of either the users or the developers.