Another twist to this is that the hypothetical burden is not being born by Apple, it&#x27;s being born by Apple shareholders.  I might personally own 1 Apple share, so it&#x27;s not a huge burden to me if the company loses $50B in revenue and the value of that share goes down 10%.  But what about some individual who has invested $1M of her own money, her entire life&#x27;s savings, in Apple shares and is about to retire and pay the bills by selling shares over time?  I would speculate there would be hundreds of thousands of share holders (millions?) who would be burdened as a result of that hypothetical loss of $50B in revenue.