The Trump circus is probably more concerned about the US being at the leading edge of technology. Apple should make its most sophisticated and advanced components in the US. This would probably solve everything.
One of the reasons why the US has been a leader in discovery, innovation, and technological breakthroughs is because the US government has long taken a leading role in sponsoring and funding critical future focused pure research and development (R&D).
Much of this deep science, R&D, and advanced development that made the things we now take for granted possible were far beyond the capabilities, capacities, or resources of a single company or organization to take on, especially companies like Apple that have to deliver real products that real people will buy day in and day out in huge numbers.
Would Apple, IBM, GE, Ford, or any other large corporation have single-handedly taken on the Apollo lunar landing? Do you think their board of directors and shareholders would have given the thumbs up to go collect a few rocks from the moon? A number of technologies, materials science, metallurgy, aeronautics, and engineering benefits were obtained as a result of those missions. Would it help a company like Apple is today at that time sell more iPhones and make a profit after non recurring costs were factored in?
One of the roles of an effective government is to take on challenges and help solve problems that are beyond the scope of what any private company or individual could do or even want to do. Unfortunately, if we look at R&D as an engine that helps power innovation and industry, the current administration is either stopping or seriously starving that engine to achieve their ideological objectives and to get more votes from the very large number of voters who don’t understand how governments and industries complement one another when properly aligned.
To put it bluntly, the current administration is destroying a huge swath of essential R&D for reasons deeply rooted in stupidity and a desire to improve their power, influence, and and wealth. While this is happening they are making it intolerable for regular people who want to get ahead based on their own merit and contributions, not based on inherited wealth or gains achieved illegally or through manipulation, to get ahead. The net effect and downstream damage will have a terrible impact on the US’s ability to stay on the leading edge of technology and innovation. For what reason?
It’s one thing to state one’s objectives, goals, or even wishes as if they fall from the sky. But proceeding on a destructive path that will ensure those objectives, goals, or wishes are not possible is a path of pure lunacy.
Only a tiny percentage of regular Americans, I.e., working stiffs, retirees, mom and dad, and people who genuinely need extra help have a safety net of a huge inheritance coming their way. All of these people need a government that works in the citizens best interests, you know, we the people. Attacking scientific, medical, educational, and industrial R&D is basically telling your children, grandchildren, and anyone down your family tree that “Sorry son, but you are so screwed. Not my fault.”
To understand the current president completely and totally you only have to remember one simple question that he said he would ask himself if he ever considered serving in the military:
I don’t live in the US. If Apple wants to spread the tariff costs to all other non-US countries, I’ll skip any Apple purchases for at least the next 4 years until the orange orangutang is gone
Agreed. These tariffs should only affect American consumers not the rest of the world that uses Apple products.
The president has tried to help apple through this as much as possible. Bow it’s Cook’s turn to do his part. Hopefully this lights a fire under him to get after it.
You hit the nail on the head with your typo. Cook has to bow down to Trump to be in his good books.
As an outside observer, each passing day brings more gobsmaking news about Trump, whether it is him harping about how really bad things were prevented from happening to Russia because of him, or the blanket halt on all student visas to whet their social profiles, or whether it is cutting funding to Harvard.
It is like he is leaving no stone unturned to take the USA down on the world stage.
Will be interesting to see the fruit of continued talks between cook and the president.
Tarriffs are no fun. But necessary to restore the balance of power in global trade.
The president has tried to help apple through this as much as possible. Bow it’s Cook’s turn to do his part. Hopefully this lights a fire under him to get after it.
In other words, Trump’s plan is something like this.
Fed up with paying for the US. Apple is making no effort to launch products elsewhere in the world. Some countries don't even have Apple Intelligence on their iPhone 16s yet, and now we'll have to pay to compensate for internal political choices. I hope the message gets through to all the tech newsrooms around the world and that the scandal will slow down product sales for Apple. We just have to do same as for Tesla. I'd never thought about leaving the Apple ecosystem, but that could change with this!
I would rather pay the tariff on my iPhone as long as it’s made someplace else. This country knows how to build cars, not smartphones.
Not even cars, here in Denmark everybody, even before Trump/Muskolini, said that if you want a Tesla, then get a German og Chinese built, as they are much higher quality compared to US built
Fed up with paying for the US. Apple is making no effort to launch products elsewhere in the world. Some countries don't even have Apple Intelligence on their iPhone 16s yet, and now we'll have to pay to compensate for internal political choices. I hope the message gets through to all the tech newsrooms around the world and that the scandal will slow down product sales for Apple. We just have to do same as for Tesla. I'd never thought about leaving the Apple ecosystem, but that could change with this!
You don’t have to switch. Not spending is more powerful. If you have to spend try battery replacement or repairs. Apple sure knows when the fleet hardware age increases dramatically.
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“What’s in it for me?”
That says it all.
As an outside observer, each passing day brings more gobsmaking news about Trump, whether it is him harping about how really bad things were prevented from happening to Russia because of him, or the blanket halt on all student visas to whet their social profiles, or whether it is cutting funding to Harvard.
It is like he is leaving no stone unturned to take the USA down on the world stage.
Apple is making no effort to launch products elsewhere in the world. Some countries don't even have Apple Intelligence on their iPhone 16s yet, and now we'll have to pay to compensate for internal political choices.
I hope the message gets through to all the tech newsrooms around the world and that the scandal will slow down product sales for Apple. We just have to do same as for Tesla.
I'd never thought about leaving the Apple ecosystem, but that could change with this!