@gruber @benthompson How can one reconcile Apple's relatively paltry capex spending vs. peer companies with Tim Cook's failure to increase capex to facilitate a more aggressive effort to onshore world-class microprocessor fabrication? History won't be kind to Cook. At this point, Cook simply can't feign ignorance:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/technology/taiwan-china-chips-silicon-valley-tsmc.html
The Looming Taiwan Chip Disaster That Silicon Valley Has Long Ignored

If China invades Taiwan and cuts off its chip exports to American companies, the tech industry and the U.S. economy would be crippled.

The New York Times