They can afford assembly in the US but it is cheaper to do it foreign. If foreign assembly was suddenly 8x more expensive, Apple would build their own assembly.
The ram prices makes fabs cost effective for a company like Apple because the current situation isn’t going away in a few years. And Apple owning their own fab doesn’t necessarily mean made local. They will do whatever is cost effective.
They can afford assembly in the US but it is cheaper to do it foreign. If foreign assembly was suddenly 8x more expensive, Apple would build their own assembly.
The ram prices makes fabs cost effective for a company like Apple because the current situation isn’t going away in a few years. And Apple owning their own fab doesn’t necessarily mean made local. They will do whatever is cost effective.