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Good news.
Epic and Facebook can go pound sand.

Mark Zuckerberg owns a website that data-mines and sells advertising. There is very little on Facebook that cannot be done elsewhere and Twitter is far superior for for tracking organizations, people and content creators.

Apple operates the dominant (by profit and mindshare) mobile operating system on the planet, the same is true for iPad OS and watch OS. The Macintosh is continuing to grow even as overall desktop/laptop sales shift to mobile devices. 

Cannot see anything for Apple to worry about. Facebook is about as despised as Comcast.

It seems that it is in the broad interest of the market for ARM to be independent.

What would make sense is an IPO of ARM by SoftBank.

Another possibility would be selling the company to a group of companies that agree to leave it as an independent entity.

This is my question:
I have both a Mac mini and MacBook Air with Apple Silicon and the iOS apps a offered for install via the Mac App Store are not the same. There are some that appear on one and not the other.

Since they both are specced  the same they should both offer the same apps, right?

And as far as whining by developers, Apple should clearly show on the iOS App Store if the app runs on the Mac. Either develop Mac apps or let your iOS apps run on Apple Silicon Macs. eero comes to mind…

Some of us do not want to set up and run our networks from iOS.

Nobody truly has any idea what they have planned excepting those directly involved, but going into cars looks like a bag of hurt.

1- There is a vast amount of overcapacity in the car/truck business and  many/most existing makers are the recipients of considerable subsidy or tax advantage in their home countries. Anything that impacts that is a political third rail. There will be a shakeout in the business, but governments will fight tooth and nail to keep incumbents in the game. Government Motors and Chrysler are US examples of that.

2- These days many carmakers outsource considerable portions of the design to component suppliers, giving guidance but letting them handle the guts of a door assembly or such things. I am not sure the anal retentive control freaks of Apple are willing to do that with the supplier firms and going it alone greatly complicates the process.

3- The manufacturing process and supply chain involved in making cars and trucks is not something an outsider just jumps into and does well. Tesla started with a legacy GM/Toyota plan in California, hired experienced Auto industry people and and still struggled mightily with production bottlenecks and quality.

The weak point among legacy manufacturers is software and user interface. That is where Apple has a natural competency and partnering with an existing player like Volkswagen would make sense. The new VW ID 3 and 4 are very well done but they are still working the kinks out of the software and responsiveness of the interface.