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>>ksec+(OP)
Apple moving into Ads is a huge systemic risk for the company.

No one will trust them again if they make one major mistake, and Ads are a minefield for upcoming regulations.

They have so much money and financing available, instead of being greedy, they should focus on hardware.

>>menset+zq
There is a single point of failure in their hardware stack (TSMC). It makes business sense to try to diversify their revenue a bit.