It's not clear to me that Apple made any money directly in the (alleged) price fixing scheme. All the items sold to consumers were ultimately manufactured by Ap

It's not clear to me that Apple made any money directly in the (alleged) price fixing scheme. All the items sold to consumers were ultimately manufactured by Apple, and I don't think it's disputed that Apple can set the prices it charges distributors (or the prices it charges consumers for items sold through the Apple Store itself). What Apple is NOT allowed to do is tell distributors how much to charge THEIR customers. But that does not directly affect their bottom line; if anything, it's more of a long term effect of price stability or a certain structure of distributor networks.