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An infant in a pool is hardly pornographic and certainly not "sexual exploitation". Blind Faith's cover photo on their eponymous 1969 album is far more sexual and far more exploitative by any possible measure. Yet the 'victim' Mariora Goschen, who was paid a measly £40, is quoted in the linked article as saying "… when people tell me they can remember what they were doing when they first saw the cover, and the effect it had on them, I’m thrilled to bits.”

This is a much more realistic view of iPad Pro and its core users and a view that pretty much sums up my view.

lmasanti said:

—three month to bankruptcy—.

This is a myth. Apple's cash and cash equivalents in the mid 90s would last 7 years assuming their quarterly losses matched the worst quarterly loss of that period. I know. I built an all Mac business based upon this forgotten fact. It wasn't pretty but it wasn't on the brink of bankruptcy either.

Many of the posters here seem to think that Apple is punishing small producers and craft shops selling low quantities of products. The companies affected are well established third party vendors that spent months or years getting into the Apple Store. They know there's a price to pay for the exposure on Apple's shelves, virtual or digital. Once the 15 - 30 day payable changes are made, the flow of cash will return to normal. 

altivec88 said:

 Other than saying, we will support your intel purchases for "years" which technically means 2 or more.

Wrong. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201624

And for the record, double spaces after a period are so passé … unless you're using an actual typewriter.