$Apple(AAPL.US) Apple is really despicable. It achieves high gross margins by squeezing its suppliers but has never passed on the benefits to consumers. Now, with storage prices rising, to protect its own profits, it's making consumers bear the premium through price hikes, showing no sense of corporate responsibility at all. Used to being the privileged one, does it not allow the underdogs to stand up? I think the stock price must drop by 50 points to teach Apple a lesson. What was the gross margin of the storage industry in '23? Negative 9%. The entire industry is being squeezed to death 🙉 Who dares to expand production? Without AI's sudden emergence, Apple's optimal 'supply chain squeeze' strategy would still be running rampant. Now, the chickens are coming home to roost. Storage companies like Micron are signing long-term agreements with downstream AI customers to lock in prices.