[TX81Z]

I suspect most of that figure is in machine time, but otherwise they pay engineers a lot and Apple likewise occupies a non-trivial % of all the commercial real estate in Cupertino, employees security guards, other staff, etc.

These numbers seem right to me.

[Firmwarrior]

Apple pulls in hundreds of millions per day, I'd think that a lot of them should be going to AI if they want to remain relevant.. it's not hard to imagine Google, Facebook, or maybe even a seriously retooled Microsoft coming out with an earbud that acts as a smart assistant and pretty much replaces the modern smartphone

[TX81Z]

Google keeps demoing vapor ware at I/O to that effect but have yet to deliver. Honestly think Apple will go to market first.

[incahoots]

Machine time was a metric that never made any sense to me. I should’ve lead off with machine time excluded that millions a day statement seems hyper inflated.