Honestly this makes sense from a timeline perspective. Chip manufacturing and research is incredibly expensive (Intel spent 13 billion+ in 2018 on R&D, which wa

Honestly this makes sense from a timeline perspective. Chip manufacturing and research is incredibly expensive (Intel spent 13 billion+ in 2018 on R&D, which was more than Apple that year), and Apple's jump in spending occurred shortly before M1 macs entered the scene. Obviously they have very different product lines but the switch away from x86 must have been unbelievably expensive