[0xFreebie]

Might their be some need to legislate chip allocation?

What would sink GDP more: one year of no new cars, or one year of no new phones? Which would have the greater domino effect on the economy?

Because auto manufacturers are such low margin, they can't buy chips reserved by monopoly businesses. But what happens when people can't afford a new phone because they can't get to work?

[nemothekid]

I'm not sure that would help at all; the issue isn't that Apple used up all the capacity, it's that the auto makers scaled down a process that needs months to scale up.

[baggy_trough]

If you wanted to stick a knife in this already reeling economy, centralized planning of chip allocation would be an excellent way to finish it off.