What was unthinkable in 2020 is now thinkable in 2022. Can Russia just start a major land war in Europe, wiping out whole cities? Sounds crazy. Nnnope. "Chines

What was unthinkable in 2020 is now thinkable in 2022. Can Russia just start a major land war in Europe, wiping out whole cities? Sounds crazy. Nnnope. "Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered the country’s military to develop the ability to take control of Taiwan by 2027, according to CIA official David Cohen." https://www.thedefensepost.com/2022/09/21/china-seize-taiwan-us-intel/ https://www.thedefensepost.com/2022/09/21/china-seize-taiwan... Tim Cook is not an idiot. He knows that this would be a major event that would put his entire company in existential danger, and once the odds are above 1%, you are playing for keeps. Remarkably, this is just one of the factors. Xi's behavior in general has become increasingly unpredictable, but also Apple is not immune to the "Hollywood strategy" - China learns what it needs to learn, borrows all the advanced technology, and tells the other side to please abscond when the time is right. This has already happened for the US movie industry. Disney, after humiliating itself in front of the CCP for over a decade in order to make a buck, is now not welcome. China makes its own movies thank you very much. The time for phones and Teslas is coming. Tim Cook knows this. Elon Musk - not so much. That guy is oblivious, busy being a one-man moderator switchboard on Twitter and chasing down Hunter Biden conspiracies, or something.