Apple would go bankrupt without US protectionist policy propping up their service revenue.
That's pretty bad. Maybe not "reliant on ad monopoly" bad, but pretty close.
That's pretty bad. Maybe not "reliant on ad monopoly" bad, but pretty close.
Have you considered that people just like Apple's products and services?
Hardware sales aren't picking up the slack, and advertisement revenue is also following a growth trend. Apple's stock would indeed be cooked if they went balls-out against the government that guarantees them access to cheap hardware and software that has been declared illegally anti competitive by foreign sovereigns. Apple needs this.