SpamSandwich

LOL. China has had factories in Vietnam for decades. It’s well known they had been moving production there for a long time to circumvent trading restrictions.

Same thing with China’s aggressive moves into African nations.

Used to be that a CEO who manages to lose a company $1 billion would be fired and replaced. Doesn’t matter if he was directly responsible or not. It happened during his watch.

Might be good, but I’m still canceling my Apple TV+ subscription. The offerings in general still suck and the ones which are interesting are not must see TV.

razorpit said:

RS232 said:

Why would Apple make a product with a gross margin of under 10%, a car?  I just don’t understand how a car fits Apple’s business. Help me understand.

What makes you think they would price it so that they only made 10% margin?

Also, how many people know the Full Self-Driving mode in a Tesla will cost something like $10,000/year for owners? That’s right, they’re not treating it like it’s a part of the vehicle, it’s a subscription service.

That is a gigantic opportunity for Apple.

randominternetperson said:

I would agree with the skeptics/cynics here, except then I notice that investors believe Telsa is the greatest stock in the history of forever.  Clearly someone thinks there is money to be made in the smart electric car market.

Musk is the only reason Tesla works. He’s as much a personality and meme as Steve Jobs was to his fans. Their product is still rather sloppily built with tolerances that make car enthusiasts wince, but they dominate their market.