This Week in Apple: Contemptuous behavior

Tim Cook wants bionic arms, Apple is wanted by the law, and this week brings a reminder to hug your services revenue.

Made in America by real American robots

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick explains why you can’t get that sweet gig making iPhones that you’ve dreamed of since childhood. Yet.

“Apple wants to make iPhones in US, says Trump official, but they’re waiting for ‘the robotic arms’”

Sure they are. By the way, “Waiting for the Robotic Arms” is my favorite Rage Against The Machine album.

According to Lutnick, Tim Cook told him:

“I need to have the robotic arms to do it at a scale and a precision that I can bring it here.”

Clearly Cook’s point here is he needs to become an unstoppable cyborg before Apple can make iPhones in the U.S. I don’t know if that’s just a tactic to put off the administration since that kind of cyborg technology is still years away or if Cook just really does want to be a cyborg.…