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Investers could also ask for all that cash to be issued to them.

See altababa / Yahoo for example

That won't happen. Apple is still wildly successful, just not as successful as in the past. Yahoo was a dumpster fire for years, and thus people wanted the cash before Yahoo burned it.

> Apple has a good challenge in front of them for the next 5 years, they have enough cash in the bank to ride it out and try some moonshots, but there will be some big changes/chances in the next 5 years, and I'd be willing to bet that Cook will leave as CEO by 2024.

I don't believe apple's shareholders would let them burn a singificant amount of their cash reserves for R&D over next 5 years...unless investors truley believe said R&D has solid ROI.

It has been issued steadily for the last couple of years in the shape of buybacks and dividends. Will probably keep happening going forward.

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