If it went to court at all, it’s not clearly legal. You saying “the courts” as a singular entity is misrepresenting the facts. Courts frequently come to different conclusions. Can you argue it’s legal? Sure. You can also argue it isn’t. A single court case is not consensus, it’s precedence (on the issues in that case specifically).

AG Garland, in a lawsuit by the US DOJ has this to say:

[“Monopolies like Apple’s threaten the free and fair markets upon which our economy is based. They stifle innovation. They hurt producers and workers and increase cost for consumers,” Garland said Thursday.

“If left unchallenged, Apple will only continue to strengthen its smartphone monopoly. But there’s a law for that,” he added. ](www.cnn.com/2024/03/21/tech/…/index.html)

Clearly the AG believes them to be a monopoly. I assume he knows more about that law than both of us combined.