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I'm no fan of Apple, but they now own everything from chips and hardware to the OS and 30% of app store revenue, and they are the most valuable company on Earth.

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> I'm no fan of Apple

This suggests that as a consumer, you haven't benefited from this.

The fact that they are the most valuable company on Earth suggest that many consumers do benefit from it.

Or it suggests patent laws prevent consumer friendly companies from competing with Apple.

Many consumers benefit from a good product they enjoy using, regardless of ownership of the stack behind it

The fact they own their full stack, has resulted in some of the most anti consumer parts of the business. Allowing monopolization on repairs / part pricing etc

Benefited from a price that's 30% higher than it could have been?

That's what I'm saying. The above comment was implying that due to Apple's worth, they were benefiting consumers.

I was pointing out that the above commentors personal experience showed otherwise.

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