> I am always surprised that Apple (or other Western tech giants) never considered building backup factories. Did they never think about geopolitics or natural

> I am always surprised that Apple (or other Western tech giants) never considered building backup factories. Did they never think about geopolitics or natural disasters and panamics? They'll try to mitigate against issues with the supply chain but its very hard to eat the cost of having backup factories or using more expensive for something that might only happen every few decades or so (or longer) Adding 5-10% to your product price or taking a hit of 5-10% on your profits for 10 years will likely mean you'll lose customers or shareholders to your competition long before there's another pandemic.