While I fully agree it gives Apples a huge advantage to be on a better node than competitors by 2+ years.
But this is also a free market.
Apple is both willing to pay more and has the needed scale to buy up all capacity. If someone else wanted to both pay more and buy up all capacity - they have the ability to do so.
But this is also a free market.
Apple is both willing to pay more and has the needed scale to buy up all capacity. If someone else wanted to both pay more and buy up all capacity - they have the ability to do so.