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[–] 13 points 3 months ago* (6 children)

Industry experience.

Apple has been overall getting the sweetest deals from chip vendors for quite a while now.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    They did have to bump up the prices.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I mean, historically, absolutely, everyone knows that. But do you know for a fact that, now, in 2026 they're still getting first pick at normal "sweetest deals"? I would assume maybe better than some, or at least still getting supplied at all. But I thought I recently (in the last 2-3 months'ish) heard something about them also getting fucked: by the big AI datacenter players; Apple, to my knowledge, is not, at least not on that scale.

    If you have insider/industry experience, though, that's that... I no longer am close friends with people at Apple, and to dispute confident, current inside knowledge becomes a different discussion for a different place with different people.

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