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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: nola622   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Chris Bloomstran ,
Date: 08/03/25 10:35 AM
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What is Apple's position going to be?

who knows, but as we have seen from them in the past - they don't have to be first, they don't have to invent it. They just need to make it intuitive and useable for ma and pa and the kids.

I've always loved that they don't burn epic amounts of money on acquisitions and arms-race type capex. How long until the fruits of those $200 billion competitor capex budgets are essentially obsolete?

If Apple can hold their position with the consumer they will be ok.

Everyone is excited about the AI arms race spend, and I would be excited if I was supplying data centers with gear and power (picks and shovels baby!) but one company's revenue is the other company's capex and the obsolescence of these investments is probably a lot faster than the depreciation schedule on their books.

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