Nothing. They got great publicity out of this. They also got Apple under serious additional scrutiny by Congress. Beeper Mini the product never had a chance at actually being successful, so I think this is about the best outcome they could have ever hoped for.

“Never had a chance”

Because of anticompetitive behavior by Apple, yes.

That’s literally the whole point people keep missing.

Find a business model that doesn't depend on the unauthorized access of a private API would be a good place to start.

By “private API” do you mean undocumented public API?

yes.

I've used 'private API' exactly how you did and some pedant told me it wasn't a real term so I empathize

HN is accessed via an undocumented public API that you are using every time you visit this site.

And I would suggest it's a bad idea to base your entire business off using that API.