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  • Trump's 25% smartphone tariff starts just in time for the iPhone 17


    netrox said:
    A 25% tariff is actually the tariff rate since 2019 imposed by Trump. 

    And you wonder why everything costs so much since then???? 

    Lol. iPhone pro max was 1099 in 2019. 1199 in 2024 under Biden. 

    Gas was 4.13in California state average in 2019. 4.87 in 2024. 

    The ford mustang GT was 35335 in 2019. 42495 in 2024. 

    Eggs were 1.46 a dozen. In 2024 that went to 4.15 under Biden. 

    Trump just got here. 

    Let him fight the hood fight to get things back on track. Apple building st home is s good thing. Free and fair trade is s good thing. The USA has been tariffed to desth. It’s about time America recoups some of that until those same countries drop their tarriffs. Any American company building up hostile nations by giving them huge investments and building their economies instead of their homeland should be ashamed. 
    netrox said:
    A 25% tariff is actually the tariff rate since 2019 imposed by Trump. 

    And you wonder why everything costs so much since then???? 

    Lol. iPhone pro max was 1099 in 2019. 1199 in 2024 under Biden. 

    Gas was 4.13in California state average in 2019. 4.87 in 2024. 

    The ford mustang GT was 35335 in 2019. 42495 in 2024. 

    Eggs were 1.46 a dozen. In 2024 that went to 4.15 under Biden. 

    Trump just got here. 

    Let him fight the hood fight to get things back on track. Apple building st home is s good thing. Free and fair trade is s good thing. The USA has been tariffed to desth. It’s about time America recoups some of that until those same countries drop their tarriffs. Any American company building up hostile nations by giving them huge investments and building their economies instead of their homeland should be ashamed. 
    You somehow managed to top your previous stupidity. 
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  • Trump's 25% smartphone tariff starts just in time for the iPhone 17

    Make
    s sense. If cook said he was going to build at home snd thrn got some exemptions, but then gave indication of going back on his word, then the tarriffs would factor again. 

    Pretty sure if cook committee to doing SOMETHING in the usa soon, there would be no tarriffs. 

    Apple has escaped so far. And now they’re in tje hot seat. Hopefully they make the right decision and do something back home. 

    It’s a tough spot. But it’s also important to make the hard decisions today in order to secure a brighter tomorrow. 
    Everything you said is wrong. Also dumb. 
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  • Apple's Studio Display doesn't shine in the light of competition

    JP234 said:
    It's a great display. But you can find better at the $1,599 price. This is probably aimed at the professional/prosumer market, who need to calibrate displays/scanners/printers to precise specs. It can be done on 3rd party monitors, but is easier with Apple displays. Ideal scenario would be an all Apple-made turnkey workstation, where everything is already calibrated to CMYK and Pantone metrics. Sure would have made this retired printing business owner's workflow easier!

    But then, if I was going to dream of unicorns and rainbows…
    Show me another 5K monitor with the quality and build of the Studio Display, I'll wait...because there isn't one...
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  • How the Apple-Goldman Sachs relationship became an unhappy marriage

    chadbag said:

    im pretty sure The other big consumer card companies with rewards cards get a share of the interchange fees.  I wonder why GS agreed to a deal not to. (Chase, C1, Citi etc). 

    Apple Card was sure easy to share with my kids in Apple Pay so they could load their Suica virtual cards easily on our last trip to Japan. 
    You don't get interchange fees if you don't run the card system.  Since they outsourced it they don't have a choice.  Some financial institutions run their own credit card and debt card systems so they can get interchange.
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  • Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram block use of Apple Intelligence

    mattinoz said:
    It might just be they are really bad at app development.
    they have a long history of bloated horrible and ugly software 
    Get serious.  They removed it which means it was working.  This is obviously on purpose.  The remedy with all thgins facebook is don’t use their products.
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  • DOJ goes after US citizen for developing anti-ICE app

    Petty thugs and mini tyrants catering to a criminal and traitorous president.  They pick on little people because like all bullies they are also cowards.  Let’s see them go up against Apples legal machine for hosting the app.  I spent 12 years in the Marines and did the for real stuff.  Seeing these clowns going after dishwashers in full gear that they obviously don’t know how to wear or use is disgusting.  Plus now with their new huge budget the intent is clearly to be a secret police army for trump.  But trump Isn’t going to be president forever and there may be legal repercussions for his minions down the road.  One can hope at least.
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  • Senator Warren asks if Apple CEO Tim Cook's Trump playbook is blatant corruption

    It’s clearly extortion. If the Democrats are unhappy with Apple doing what it takes to keep from getting wiped out by the spray tanned dementia patient. Maybe they should have tried actually governing during Biden’s term?

    the Democrats are mad that America is burning down but they were happy to roast marshmallows on the walls during Biden’s term. The Republicans are clearly the worse of the two parties. But America had no political parties that haven’t completely normalized corruption. Heck Biden’s team was all gung-ho on crypto. Something that’s terrible for the environment objectively worthless, and which serves to make it easier to commit financial crimes. 
    Everything you said is wrong.  Google Biden and crypto.  They regulated it and prevented risky and fraudulent activities with it.  Trump got rid of all that.  It's pretty well known.  Google is your friend.
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  • TSMC managers think Americans don't work hard enough

    lkrupp said:
    In my experience, longer hours or extra days = slower work. If you know you have more time, you take more time. You're not going to work at the same pace knowing it's a 12 hour day versus an 8 hour day or a 6 day week instead of a 5 day week. 
    Not if you were working for Steve Jobs. You'd would have  been out on the street with a tin cup.
    You don't know anything about it at all.
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  • Senator Warren asks if Apple CEO Tim Cook's Trump playbook is blatant corruption


    iOS_Guy80 said:
    Why doesn’t she spend her time looking for corruption at the executive level where this whole mess  began. Tim Cook is just trying to somehow alleviate the negative impact of Tariffs sometjkng Warren should be doing instead of sitting on the sideline being bullied.
    Once again explaining the obvious.  Warren is clearly not sitting on the sidelines being bullied.  Including in the article you are commenting on.  Google is your friend.  I will even help you.  Just google warren and trump.
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  • macOS 26 Phone app will eventually combine iPhone calls & desktop seamlessly

    How do you not know that this has already been possible for years?
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