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raw_anon_1111yesterday at 9:19 PM1 replyview on HN

Really? You don’t think Apple could “afford” to set aside $500 million dollars for instance to pay off exploit makers? Less than 0.5% of their profit? Or even $1 billion? Less than 1% of their profit?


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avazhiyesterday at 9:46 PM

Huh?

Ofc they could afford to, but they don’t. They could alo afford to if they had unlimited money, but in the latter case by definition they’d lose nothing by actually buying.

Given the absurdity of the scenario and its contrivance though I’m not sure what your point is. More money spent on security is good is my point. And if they had more money they’d have more money to spend on security. And if they didn’t spend money on dumb shit like virtue signaling then they’d have more money. That’s the reasoning.

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