In reality, Apple could create a manufacturing ecosystem wherever it wants. The company has spent $100 billion on buybacks annually for several years. This year

In reality, Apple could create a manufacturing ecosystem wherever it wants. The company has spent $100 billion on buybacks annually for several years. This year, it announced it would spend only $50 billion. You never know who the armchair analysts are on HN, so you shouldn't judge their comments based on your own guessed perceptions of their characteristics. That's like a blind ad hominem fallacy.