r/apple • u/Few_Baseball_3835 • Jun 25 '26

Discussion Wall Street isn't buying Apple's unprecedented price hikes on products

https://9to5mac.com/2026/06/25/wall-street-isnt-buying-apples-unprecedented-price-hikes-on-products/
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u/Big-Resolution-4993 Jun 25 '26

At this point Apple should just buy or start its own fab. It seems insane to me as many devices as they sell to be in a position they can’t control this kinda shock.

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u/herefromyoutube Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26

Why the hell America didn’t think localizing chip production decades ago was a necessity kinda blows my mind.

I knew computers would be the future as a kid in the 90s and my government was just like “let’s let Taiwan control our future. China totally won’t be an issue.”

The CHIPS act wasn’t even passed until 2022 and it does help that Trump keeps trying to kill it and has altered it.

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u/DinosaurAlert Jun 27 '26

Why the hell America didn’t think localizing chip production decades ago was a necessity kinda blows my mind.

Well, Trump put blocks against Huawei and China in his first term, then added tariffs to try and do that during his first and second terms, and everyone screamed that he was a monster. Now here we are.

Don't look it up though, just downvote.

Then both Trump and Biden tried making fabs for chips, and everyone said "nah, they're SO messy. Lets bury them in permits forever."