Comparing a market for devices to all of computer hardware (including peripherals/components) is what's ridiculous. The more apt analogy is computers (PCs) to iPhones.
Throwaway4good was using the comparison of iPhones to PCs to allude that Apple has more money available to develop silicon, yet the pre-built PC market is a tiny subset of where money is made using semiconductors.
That's why it's a misleading claim.
I didn't expect I would have to elaborate this beyond what I said. My bad.
If you meant to refer to the entire computer hardware market, you're wrong by an order of magnitude.
iPhone Revenue 2021: $191.9 billion
Computer Hardware Revenue 2021: $1,129.39 billion