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The point there seems to be that Apple is pretending to invest and align with moving production to US, but it's really gobbling up the entire foreign production

The point there seems to be that Apple is pretending to invest and align with moving production to US, but it's really gobbling up the entire foreign production and not at all interested in the "patriotic" narrative, even if they are marketing themselves as such. Basically, it's mostly: Apple is lying with their marketing, here's what proves they really don't care about moving production to US, but only about price and their profit margins.

causal 2y ago
That much seems easy to believe, I just find it hard to connect that to an obstacle for domestic chip production
rbanffy 2y ago
Tim Cook has an obligation towards the shareholders and takes it seriously. As an Apple shareholder who doesn’t live in the US, moving to US chip suppliers would not help with his obligations towards me. I do like the US - don’t get me wrong - but Apple is in the business of making devices, not making investments the government should be at least facilitating.
- e44858 2y ago
  That's why we need tariffs, to make Apple suffer financially if they refuse to move production back to the US.
  - rbanffy 2y ago
    As a shareholder, I wouldn't be impressed. As a supporter of a more just and equal planet, I'd be in. Be mindful that such tariffs wouldn't hit Apple alone.
    - necovek 2y ago
      "For a company with a market valuation of over 2T dollars at the time of import, import tariffs ..." :)