> Apple execs might have convinced themselves that they are entitled to ... pretty much everything

Here I fixed your quote.

Including in everything is the $750M bonus Tim Cook received[1]. We've seen that exec comp is inversely correlated with performance[2] and buy backs only cause greater equity packages to be issued (doesn't reduce the dilution)

[1]: https://www.voanews.com/a/usa_apple-ceo-brings-home-750-mill...

[2]: https://archive.fo/uSTWs - https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/business/stock-buybacks-t...

[3]: https://cooleypubco.com/2016/07/25/new-study-shows-inverse-c...