McGee: Apple Would Have Gone Bankrupt Without Outsourcing Manufacturing
Patrick McGee · Apple in China: Tim Cook’s $275B Pledge | Patrick McGee · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea · Sep 1, 2025 · at 7:52
Author Patrick McGee discusses why Apple shifted its manufacturing model to China in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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“You can't really blame them at all for adopting the outsourcing model, because without it, they would be bankrupt. I mean, the book begins after a pretty fun prologue. They're days away from bankruptcy. And it's because they're building everything themselves.”
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