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AppleZulu said:

Waiting for the reality-defying explanation from @9secondkox2 about how this is “all part of the plan.”

Even if Apple thought they could move iPhone manufacturing to the US, it would take years. A 25% tariff now isn’t going to help with that. 

Watch instead for some bluster followed by a reversal. Watch for Trump and his inner circle to buy Apple stock this afternoon and sell after the reversal. 

gatorguy said:

AppleZulu said:

Waiting for the reality-defying explanation from @9secondkox2 about how this is “all part of the plan.”

Even if Apple thought they could move iPhone manufacturing to the US, it would take years. A 25% tariff now isn’t going to help with that. 

Watch instead for some bluster followed by a reversal. Watch for Trump and his inner circle to buy Apple stock this afternoon and sell after the reversal. 

So am I. I suspect he won't post a word. 

danox said:

bohler said:

there is one simple request I have as well. There are many people who bought used AVPs or even new ones and want to use them with their own Apple IDs in countries where the AVP was not released. E.g. Portugal, Switzerland, Sweden etc... In all of these countries you can't use the app store or Apple TV. This is a disgrace. Apple should allow the AVP to be officially used with Apple services in all countries where it officially operates.

The EU keeps that from happening if the Apple Vision is a work in progress and it is, you can’t get there and satisfy the EU at the same time. There is a period of time where you’re trying to develop the hardware/software to its fullest potential and you can’t do that with a government telling you how to do it at every turn. 

Particularly when you add in some large developers who want free access to your infrastructure. If the original iPhone is any guide, it took at least two years maybe three years before that ecosystem was stable in the way that we know it today it was not instantaneous and the Apple Vision and its new ecosystem will end up being the same process.

The fallout from the whole Epic fiasco means Apple is gonna be more careful and even more measured in creating a whole new ecosystem and a AppStore out of nothing, I don’t think they’re ever going to create a gold rush scenario again like the original iPhone/Appstore not if you’re gonna be sued left and right down the road.

avon b7 said:

Trump is now changing his tone again.

There has been basically nothing new coming out of China but now suddenly Trump says tariffs on China will be 'substantially lower' and that he would be “very nice” to China. Then he said “We’re going to live together very happily and ideally work together”. 

Scott Bessent has apparently said that the high tariffs were unsustainable and that he expects a “de-escalation".

I suppose reality is finally settling in. 

As Tim Cook prepares his earnings and forward looking statements, he must be tearing his hair out, never knowing which way things are going to swing. 

9secondkox2 said:

quakerotis said:

Hey Tim, how does it feel to have a fascist fish hook in your butt?

How is this post still up?  If there is going to be moderation, it’s obvious it only applies to certain viewpoints. Wow. 

gatorguy said:

sdw2001 said:

DAalseth said:

sdw2001 said:

I don’t know whether or not this tariff strategy will work, but I’d give it better than 50-50 odds.

Why? Why would you do that? His first term he tried the same thing albeit on a smaller scale and the US lost, badly. He started a trade war with China and China won, big time, they came out vastly stronger on the world stage than at the start. Now he’s doubling down on trying to tariff his way to prosperity. What’s that old line about insanity being trying the same failed strategy over and over and expecting the same result. 

What on earth would make you think someone who has gone bankrupt as many times as Trump would have a clue about international trade? Why would you trust the judgement of someone with no macroeconomic training or experience, who when given a chance the first time failed by any and every measure. Why would you believe in him to do better this time with the same failed policies he failed with the first time?

We’ve seen this movie before.

Because your comment about China is completely inaccurate.  That's why.  As is your comment about him "failing by every measure."  That's just bizarro-world Trump Derangement coming through.   His first term saw massive increases in real income, low inflation, low unemployment, and a dozen other positive economic indicators.  That is, before Covid.  You know, Covid.... when you and yours demanded we shut the country down through the election?  When Trump was called a murderer for wanting to get back to life?  Even with the economic carnage that the Left demanded, the economy was well into a robust recovery by the end of 2020.  

As for Trump "going bankrupt," that is misleading, and I think you know it.  He never declared personal bankruptcy. He did use Chapter 11 bankruptcy with business numerous times.  If it makes you feel good to say "he went bankrupt," go ahead.  It has nothing to do with his business acumen.  If anything, going Chapter 11 six times and still coming out on top is impressive.  

https://www.factcheck.org/2021/10/trumps-final-numbers/