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SiTime said:

mike1 said:

After all those ridiculous doom and gloom articles, I guess MagSafe isn't a deal breaker for those customers after all.

Which ridiculous doom and gloom articles would those be? (Which articles specifically?) I know people think and feel there were doom and gloom articles, but… were there?

Are the doom and gloom articles in the room with us right now?

fastasleep said:

AppleInsider said:

The letter also fails to mention that even as Apple is exempted for now, the grace period is temporary. President Trump says semiconductor tariffs were on the way. So, soon Apple may be hit with the full force of tariffs on China and its Apple Silicon chips. 

This makes no sense. Apple is vulnerable to tariffs on the finished products with are assembled in China, and shipped to the US. Not Apple silicon chips which are made in Taiwan, shipped to China, assembled into the devices which are then shipped from China to the US. Apple silicon chips are not shipped to the US, at least not en masse or as consumer products.

The whole point of tariffs, according to Trump sometimes, is to bring manufacturing back to the United States. So, if Apple has to import parts like semiconductors, then it's going to get hit with a tariff. If it builds overseas and imports, it's hit with a different tariff. So, there is effectively no way to avoid a tariff.

Doesn't seem like a good strategy.

Ok, had to delete some incredibly off topic and rule breaking threads that are just useless screaming matches. Let's chill out.

And as a reminder: It isn't illegal to be a monopoly. It is illegal (or at least heavily regulated globally) if a monopoly uses its power of a specific market to manipulate that market or others. The EU has a right to govern how it sees fit, even if some of its policy seems unfairly targeted towards Apple. It is up to Apple to work through the litigation and arrive at a happy medium. These things take time, and the world leaders having pissing matches won't help either.

Patience. This fine was a pittance for the affected companies. We'll see where it goes from here.

Avoid insulting each other, politically charged comments, or leaving the topic entirely to make some kind of random point. There's no need for that.

mpantone said:

iOS 18 will go into maintenance mode, a release that ended up being far less than what was set up in early announcements. 

Apple released every feature it announced except for one. A significant one, yes, but it was likely to have little impact on the user in the first year anyway since developers will have to build around it. Thankfully, even though there's a delay, devs can target the feature and will be more prepared when it does launch this fall.

There's no reason to make this thread about how an actor looks in an ad. Don't be juvenile. Especially when everyone here hides behind little emoji profile pics.