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makeitdouble11/21/20241 replyview on HN

This was the old Apple under Jobs.

Tim Cook made it a juggernaut that holds more than half the market in many areas, can buyout whole supplies of a specific technology (e.g. TSMC and their 3nm process?), influences the relationships with a whole country (China) and has the size to weather most battles (e.g. the fight with the EU).


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Cumpiler6911/21/2024

The magic of vertical integration.

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