Surely Apple's semi-recent mega-success (iPhone onwards) puts them in a fairly uncommon position among companies? For this strategy to work, don't they need a h

Surely Apple's semi-recent mega-success (iPhone onwards) puts them in a fairly uncommon position among companies? For this strategy to work, don't they need a huge surplus of (foreign) cash AND a reasonable expectation of a Tax Holiday in the near/medium future? Given those, it would seem most companies would be wrong to do the exact same thing (even if in this case Apple "gets away with it").