> I see no evidence that this harms consumers at all. Quite the opposite.

You don't see how a lack of competition keeps prices unfairly high?

> I like the walled garden and have no interest in it going away

Competition does not mean anyone is taking your app store from you.

> I like that my mom can install apps and not worry about them spying on her.

Well one, they do, but two, no one is taking your mom's app store away.

> I don’t want to input my credit card into your black box payment system that might or might not charge me correctly.

No one is suggesting you do this?

> I see that it does harm developers, but that’s a different conversation entirely.

It harms everyone.

> If you want to install whatever apps you want, buy an android phone! And have fun while their bloat ware and preinstalled crap spams you with notifications and scams you.

I want to install whatever applications I'd like on the computer system I paid a thousand dollars for.

And I guess you didn't notice the un-removable iPhone apps on your phone when you bought it? Or is that some special kind of fancy bloatware?