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.

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