> Apple also does not charge for the app, so consumers were not harmed. As far as I understand, those two things are unrelated. Lack of competition by itself i

> Apple also does not charge for the app, so consumers were not harmed. As far as I understand, those two things are unrelated. Lack of competition by itself is considered to hurt consumers. Assuming that Apple's choice was based on monopolistic behavior (which is for the courts to decide), whether they got money while doing it is not relevant.