[Steko]

I'll take your word that that's what happened, but that cite doesn't really support the claim. I think we all agree there was a settlement and those contracts were cancelled.

There may have been some specific things in the Apple model that were anti-consumer (perhaps there were price floors, it's not clear) and if so good riddance but the linked negotiation seems to be indicate that the major points of contention were:

(1) the migration away from wholesale pricing (publisher sells online stores X copies of an ebook, do whatever they want with them);

(2) publishers wanting to force higher prices but Apple insisting on a price ceiling. The MFN was explicitly tied to this in the first email from Harper Collins.

(3) Apple's commission.

What specifically about the app store pricing model hurts consumers?

Does a wholesale model makes sense for digital goods?

Does anyone really believe that Amazon was going to keep losing money on ebooks at the same scale as before when they were 2% of volume?