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ravnorodom said:

chasm said:

ravnorodom said:

It baffles me that customers outside U.S. went for it despite it costing $500 more than the States. Apple product hype is no joke ߘ⦬t;/div>

Does it, or are you just referring to currency conversion? The story didn’t mention it, so I just wondered where you got that.

"The device starts at 29,999 yuan, or $4,128, in China, compared to a $3,500 retail price in the U.S.".... so it's actually $600 more. 😲
Source:
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/28/apples-vision-pro-starts-deliveries-at-a-higher-price-in-china-than-in-the-us.html#:~:text=HANGZHOU%2C%20China%20%E2%80%94%20Apple%20's,retail%20price%20in%20the%20U.S.

China’s VAT is 13% and is baked into that $4,128 price.  If you do the easy math you can see the pre-tax price is $3,591.  A $91 (2.6% above US price) difference is easily attributable to currency fluctuation hedging.

k2kw said:

Cooks Apple either doesn't have guts for Risk or vision .

So the Apple Vision Pro was neither an example of guts for risk or vision?  I think most people would disagree.

paisleydisco said:

pwrmac said:

Build or assemble more in the US 😄

Nothing to do with a patent. but carry on ....

@pwrmac If the Apple Watch was manufactured in the USA then this ruling would have no effect.  You can’t effectively ban imports to the USA if the product isn’t coming from outside the USA. The larger civil trial over the patent validity/infringement/damages is separate from the import ban.

StrangeDays said:

kestral said:

Governments do not create value and take from the productive through taxes. Parasites.

…which is used to build and support the civil and social infrastructure corporations require to exist. If you want to claim parasite, look no further than corporations and billionaires that leech onto infrastructure yet pay no income tax. (Apple however is the biggest US taxpayer)

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2021/12/15/elon-musk-to-pay-record-high-12-billion-tax-bill.html

zimmie said:

I was really looking forward to this one, but the strike is more important, without a doubt. Oh well. We can always hope they pick it up again in a few years.

Streaming services were already a thing in 2008 when they had the last writers strike and new contract. Can you please give a synopsis for those of us not in the industry with what writers think needs to change and why?