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Xed said:

How much did he impose on Ukraine?

10%

AFAIK Russia and North Korea were the only two countries excluded from the tariffs. 

Considering the ridiculous amounts they charge for storage upgrades it is not surprising people are reluctant to upgrade. I'm pretty sure if Apple halved what they currently charge people would start upgrading their storage again. Likewise on the Mac.

Same here, mine says "Last updated: 03/06/2024, 21:55". So it seems it's been down for a couple days now.

Edit: Restarting devices has fixed the issue.

Meson said:

I'm surprised that you seem to support this.

As long as there’s healthy competition in a market I support the right of any company to monetise their platform and IP. Nobody is forcing anyone to buy an iPhone and people do fully knowing what they are getting into. That consumers may have to pay more for an App for the iPhone than for other smartphone because of the fees Apple charges is no different than a consumer having to pay more for the same product at a high end store than at a budget store. If people don’t find value in the Apple platform they will take their business somewhere else.

I, for one, like that Apple tightly controls their platform and am happy to pay a little bit more for that. Are they perfect and agree with everything they do? No, obviously not but overall I’m a happy costumer and the fact that politicians are hell-bent in taking away my choice of a tight and highly integrated platform pisses me off.

Meson said:

The difference is you can go and buy a game from another store (Game Stop, etc.) and Microsoft doesn't get the 30% commission.

Of course they do, Microsoft gets a cut of every copy of a game sold anywhere whether it's a physical or digital copy.