> $17 billion annual revenue Only a proportion of that is net income > market cap is $6 billion. Even if > 50% enough stocks are on the market how much do yo

> $17 billion annual revenue Only a proportion of that is net income > market cap is $6 billion. Even if > 50% enough stocks are on the market how much do you think Apple would end up paying $12 billion? $16? $20? $25? How many years would it take them to earn that back? You can’t really buy companies directly on the stock market, the price will just start going up exponentially. Also they’d be rewarding patent trolls which creates incentives for other companies to behave the same way so that Apple would acquire them