> I assure you, Apple has "plan B," and it been trying executing on it relentlessly for the last 2 years — just without any success.

Can you share any details about that?

> If what my buddies tell me of Apple's internal assesment of countries is correct, no other countries are even close to a 2nd place alternative on that, except for Taiwan, which is their "plan C" — a sure to work, but expensive option if everything else fails.

That's actually kind of what I meant by "there's no plan B." They may be able to formulate other plans (B, C, D, etc.) and even spend a little money on them, but Western business-thinking won't let them actually deviate from plan A.

One of China's advantages is that the West puts business in the driver's seat in a lot of situations, but business is short-sighted, selfish, and geopolitically naive, so it is exploitable and controllable with the right methods.

Samsung stopped mobile phone production in China since 2019. They are heavily in Vietnam.

Apple is just doing something wrong is all.