Good for you. This still does not answer how Apple is a monopoly (which it is not), neither it makes fact that software for iOS was available only from AppStore since day one less a fact.
Maratd did not say Apple was a monopoly, he said Apple was a monopolist. Having the behavior of a thing and being the thing are two different things.
Technically, Apple is a Monopsony, in that they control the app store market. If you want to sell your app, you go through Apple, and they in turn sell it to their users.
The move by all the major vendors to control the market is great for the company (who wouldn't love to take 30% of every sale simply for being the middleman,) but it flies in the face of a free market economy, stifles innovation, creates barriers to entry, and encourages scammy behavior (I am rich app, "freemium" apps, paying for reviews, etc.)
