[JiNCMG]

Yeah but if 1 of your customers offers to prepaid for 10 years of service at the same price you wouldn't turn that away. Allowing you to maintain your other customers. Apple's pre-order of 3nm will get them priority as they ordered it before it was an option. (see Kickstarter)

[sosborn]

As I said, "all else being equal or close to equal."

[JiNCMG]

But it's not and it has been documented. Apple paid for the 3nm process years before TSMC had the fab ready. I'll bet that the moment a new process is available that Apple will invest in it as well.

[sosborn]

At no point did I make any argument about Apple.