There's a lot of speculation and talk about motivations. Isn't Apple primarily a hardware company? Maybe someone who works there can set me straight, but it see

There's a lot of speculation and talk about motivations. Isn't Apple primarily a hardware company? Maybe someone who works there can set me straight, but it seems logical for Apple to need at least some of its workers in an office. They cant be shipping prototype phones, laptops etc.. all over the world and then expect nothing to leak? Or even effectively develop it?