That’s like asking why General Motors doesn’t own its own interstate highway system.
It’s a totally different industry that just happens to be adjacent.
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The bulk of apple's business is selling consumer electronic hardware. no submarine cables needed for that.
they do some cloud services, but not nearly the volume that requires meta-level infrastructure.
Why shell out if government owned cables are doing the job? That’s my guess, anyway. I’m not a cableologist.
They aren’t government-owned.
Hey! He said he wasn't a cableologist, alright?!
Apple doesn't need submarine cables for now because it doesn't require a large amount of data, unlike Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and internet providers, who do.
If they do decide to install a submarine cable, whether they own it or co-own it, it will be because of the amount of data they need and want a cable that prioritizes them.