Re:TSMC to begin 3nm chip production next month
by onlyrealcuzzo on Thursday August 18, 2022 @02:21PM
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> You remove any capacity for competition to drive down margins. Apple can ban Spotify tomorrow to promote apple music on their devices, for example. Not anti-competitive in your mind?
The amount of REVENUE Apple makes from iTunes is likely less than $5Bn per quarter.
Apple is not using their iTunes monopoly to buy chips.
They're using their insane amount of phone sales (at absurd profit margins) to buy chips.
Again, I hate Apple as much as anyone. Anyone who thinks Apple is a monopoly in phones is a moron. They don't even own 30% of the smartphone market...
I agree Apple is anti-competitive within the ecosystem of the iPhone. That's not going to change their ability to buy all of TSMC's chips.
The amount of REVENUE Apple makes from iTunes is likely less than $5Bn per quarter.
Apple is not using their iTunes monopoly to buy chips.
They're using their insane amount of phone sales (at absurd profit margins) to buy chips.
Again, I hate Apple as much as anyone. Anyone who thinks Apple is a monopoly in phones is a moron. They don't even own 30% of the smartphone market...
I agree Apple is anti-competitive within the ecosystem of the iPhone. That's not going to change their ability to buy all of TSMC's chips.