> However, whatever they would do would cost them, a cost they could pay if needed but probably not one they want to pay right now. Apple probably should pay.

> However, whatever they would do would cost them, a cost they could pay if needed but probably not one they want to pay right now. Apple probably should pay. They aren't a hardship case and being so dependent on an authoritarian regime isn't a good look right now [1]. Plus geopoltical risk is a thing and it would be smart for them to mitigate it. [1] I have the world's smallest violin right here if they want to complain about screw manufacturing again. Didn't they setup all kinds of specialized factories in China already? They can build all the a screw factories they need.