longfang

longpath said:

I read this situation as a classic case of politicians ruling on subject matter they are functionally illiterate on. It's not localized. I regard it as endemic to the political class, everywhere. It's not a left or right issue. It is an issue of authoritarianism & presumption of competence where none exists. I see it often in areas of technology and economics. This is not a case of "our politicians" vs "their politicians".  Politicians frequently presume they know better, about anything they can force through threat of violence, as all laws ultimately are, with little to no consideration of the consequences. 

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/06/enforcing-the-law-is-inherently-violent/488828/

https://rlo.acton.org/archives/87651-yes-law-is-inherently-violent-but-thats-not-the-problem.html

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2014-12-04/law-puts-us-all-in-same-danger-as-eric-garner

designguybrown said:

It's strange that this is controversial.
Of course, the government should have access to anything and everyone with 'just cause' and 'due process' - they're elected or appointed or some other reasonably transparent/ hyper-private process -- yes, they're incompetent and slow and lazy, etc -- but so are the majority of apple customers and the world, in general. The very idea that we are allowing a private company to even have an opinion on security as if they have any public obligation or oversight is ludicrous. Private companies care about nothing except money and the visions of its corporate overlords. The penalties that companies and directors face when they abuse trust and undertake massive frauds is nothing - a few years in a cuddly summer camp. Private companies shouldn't have visions or morals or public opinions or be involved in any public matters -- make stuff and sell it - that's it.

blastdoor said:

but TSMC margins are steadily going up, which means that's profit Apple is missing out on. 

libertyandfree said:

 Once again Apple teases with a low price for a crippled SSD of 256GB.  Apple is such a fraud when it comes to their environmentally preaching since they install small SSD that makes their device obsolete too soon and thus enters the landfill.  How is that good for the environment?  

rob53 said:

Why in Texas? People thought Apple's products were getting too expensive, just wait for products coming out of Texas. They will break everyone's budget. Who in Texas will actually work at this manufacturing facility? Will everything be automated? Where will the people for these 20K come from, India? Who's going to build the facility? Not the hardest workers from south of the border. trump made sure of that.