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Why doesn't Apple have its own submarine cables? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 2 weeks ago by IsaamoonKHGDT_6143@lemmy.zip to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world
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It's a large technology company and has significant funding to invest. But I see that Apple doesn't own or co-own a submarine cable with another company, and I tried searching for it on Submarine Cable Map, but nothing came up.

Apple has its own servers, but also uses third-party servers for its services like iCloud. Meta has its own submarine cables, because Apple doesn't own a submarine cable or doesn't share ownership.

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[-] Loduz_247@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

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.

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