While it may not happen, switching from Intel to Apple processors makes it possible— remove the cost of the Intel CPUs and suddenly the $500 Mac Mini (which, was its original price) as well as the <$3000 cheese grater Mac Pro become very possible. Not at all certain Apple will use the...
The ”overpriced“ Apple products are their best insurance against monopoly charges — so long as a majority of potential customers can’t afford it, they avoid monopoly charges.
They did unnecessarily give up a piece of the stack—- WiFi aka AirPort. They were in no danger of being a monopoly there