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Atkinson gave us HyperCard which in turn inspired the creation of both WWW and JavaScript. I loved HyperTalk.
And he developed overlapping windows as part of QuickDraw. Imagine not having them.
Not to mention his creation of MacPaint that defined image editing. The core tools and concepts in Photoshop still look and behave like MacPaint.

He should be remembered at apple.com and/or WWDC.

mpantone said:

They are called reciprocal because when one country applies a tariff to another, in almost all cases, that other country will apply the same tariff.

They are not. It is a calculation based on deficit of physical goods excluding services. Disney, McDonald's, Microsoft, Salesforce,... a big ZERO to Trump. So... EU is hit by a 20-25% tariff for a 3% trade deficit and tariffs being 10% or mostly 0%.

Lesotho is hit by 50% - a country doing 98.9% less per capita than the US is tariffed to death due to Levi's and their $3/day salaries. For the US to be a country so hungry for $3/day jobs that Africans must die for it?!

I miss the country of "The Hill We Climb".

thrang said:

Umm, so we really want the EU or other governments to start directing product development? 

At times we do. The car industry didn't remove lead from gas. The tobacco industry invented nicotine products with watermelon flavor for kids. We got baby powder with asbestos as it was cheaper to produce. Food with carcinogenic ingredients. Building materials that burst into flames. Would you say Boeing did improve quality after government let Boeing control Boeing? That banks could do better without regulation?

This time it is about Apple producing e-waste and letting taxpayers pay. Apple agreed 15 years ago to fix it but did nothing. What would you have done?

blitz1 said:

Liquid Glass is quite different from Aqua.

Aqua was about being translucent. 

With Liquid Glass, the context defines the available functions.

Quite novel to me.

Agree. Aqua was candy with buttons looking like pills, big sheets, Genie effect, and more. This UI is absolutely next generation designed for iOS. It can disappear to reduce the UI chrome and focus on content. But it is vibrant, uses colors when needed, is coherent across platforms, and it seems they spent a lot of time on doing it right. Probably also designed for accessibility as any modern UI must be. Looking forward to it.

In 2021 one (1) ship stopped all shipping between Asia and Europe for 6 days. It took 10x that time to get trade back. Tariffs have been increased since Feb 4th and the extremely high tariffs since April 9th. 22 days but 10x the duration to restore service. It doesn't help much that exports from China increased in March as it will only cover 3 days.

Factories are closing down making it even more difficult to return. US consumers are getting taxed twice reducing their spending power while margins and stocks are crashing. But inventory could keep shelves looking good for 30-100 days. Recovering from it will take much longer. The 2008 "Great Recession" caused 8-9 years of increased unemployment. It took more than a year to peak.

Xed said:

I get why a lazy grifter will keep on grifting if he can get away with it, but what is impossible for me to wrap my head around is why so many people see his pathetic coward and fool that cares nothing about them as some sort of strongman and protector.

It is indeed interesting. Went on two road trips to the Deep South. A lot of Confederate flags, Trump 2020 signs, counterfactual history museums, and a Code Orange when passing a local school as they had their second shooting in a week.  These people are scared of vaccines but like fracking and smartphones. They stand for the national anthem but see the attack on Capitol as required "to protect the values".

Can it be fixed? I hope so.

rob53 said:

Happy that Apple has started to challenge the corrupt EU. Apple is an American company that sells worldwide but I don't see any reason why Apple needs to include all their software for every country.

In what way related to this does it indicate EU as being corrupt? EU countries are consistently being rated as the least corrupt globally (and the happiest as well) with US close to #30.

As for suggesting Apple to only play home ground games... how will that ever work? US is less than a quarter of global GDP. The world is mainly away games. You don't win unless you send your best. Even when the playing field is metricated.

The article is right that this is likely a study by Apple (or CCIA for Apple).

Professor Viswanath Pingali wrote something similar last year "India is not Europe" in a paper published for ICLE with 4 people from ICLE including the founder and a researcher that is close to Amazon. Viswanath Pingali was the only one being external. Together the five concluded that EU policies weren't in the best interest of India. He is also quoted by Google on how India should regulate Google less.

ICLE is funded by Amazon, Meta, and CCIA - the lobby organization for the computer industry where Apple is a prominent member. He is simply on repeat adding his name and title to publications funded by the computer industry.

twolf2919 said:

The announced tariffs on Japan, Korea,  Malaysia, and Khazakstan are tariffs the US will begin charging for goods coming into the US from those countries.  As far as I know, Apple doesn't import goods - INTO THE US - from any of these countries.  It is importing parts from them into China, Taiwan, and  India - so these US tariffs are irrelevant, no?

Mac Studio and more are assembled in Malaysia. Transshipped parts are hit by 40% to block China from shipping through other countries. But mostly tariffs are "Country of Origin" which translates into "where was it assembled". Even if the actual assembly is like 2% of the total cost.

It does block Apple from moving production to the US. If Apple produced chips in the US, exported for assembly, and imported... the entire phone would be hit. The only way to avoid it would be to let all components and assembly happen in the US. Much easier to keep parts manufacturing in place but shuffle assembly to a low-tariff, semi-low-wage country. Cost of repairs is likely to increase as batteries, displays,... are delivered directly and take the full hit from tariffs. The list of suppliers show the countries used to sources parts from: https://www.supplychainreports.apple/Apple-Supplier-List

pichael said:

I can’t see it in the uk store still? Anyone else unable to see it in other countries?

Why would it be available in the UK? The court orders are for EU and US.