[sumy23]

Have you heard of the butterfly effect? You can't predict what would happen if you go back in time and change something. Maybe Apple wouldn't exist, or maybe it would exist and would be even better. Or some other company would exist in its place and would be better / worse. Or maybe Apple wouldn't exist, but because it didn't exist, TSMC would never rise to prominence, which would make Taiwan less of a powder keg, which would avoid WW3 when China inevitably takes control of Taiwan. Or maybe...

[mgh2]

Yes, people's imagination can run wild and hypothetical scenarios are limitless

It is the same argument used to justify any opinion without proof

[1] "Multiverse" vs. fine tuned universe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine-tuned_universe

[2] "Choice" vs. responsibility: https://trendguardian.medium.com/free-will-a-rich-fairy-tale...

Our minds can justify anything

[3] "Interpreter" mind: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31737462

[sumy23]

> It is the same argument used to justify any opinion without proof

You offered an opinion without proof, which is that Apple wouldn't exist. This is why these "debates" are so unproductive. Both sides have unfalsifiable positions.