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sconosciuto said:

Anilu_777 said:

“Global” price raises due to tariffs should NOT happen. If a country has no tariffs against China that relate to Apple’s products then there should be no tariff-related cost!!

And yet that’s what is happening.

Yet further proof that tariff wars are stupid and counterproductive, particularly when waged by a deeply stupid and counterproductive POTUS.

sconosciuto said:

Anilu_777 said:

“Global” price raises due to tariffs should NOT happen. If a country has no tariffs against China that relate to Apple’s products then there should be no tariff-related cost!!

And yet that’s what is happening.

Yet further proof that tariff wars are stupid and counterproductive, particularly when waged by a deeply stupid and counterproductive POTUS.

Kuminga said:

mikethemartian said:

Kuminga said:

0 percent for US companies into Vietnam is incredible

The fact Vietnam is wiling to agree to this show the ominous power of America 

It shows that the demand for US imports is so negligible that it doesn't matter.

No, these countries all had trade barriers on US goods

Did you know that Australia does not allow US beef because they say it’s poisonous due to poor US ranchers techniques ? Are you dead from eating UA beef? I am not.

Europe did same to American chickens .

That is why US export numbers so low and what Trump trying to fix 

Mike Wuerthele said:

capnbob said:

I assume this only applies to those devices in the list sold in the US not those bought in the rest of the world. Given that the US is about 40% of Apple revenue (mostly iPhones and Mac’s), the impact of this on Apple will be meaningful but surely not very significant?
The impact on US consumers will be precisely what they voted for?

There has been discussion that Apple will dilute the impact to the US consumer by raising prices worldwide. So, I guess the answer to your question is "it remains to be seen."

9secondkox2 said:

Incredibly stupid idea. 

Apple already has the MacBook Air. 

Now they want to make an iPad with a keyboard but no touchscreen?

the iPhone SOC is for the phone. 

Don’t weaken the Mac just to have an even cheaper model. 

Sounds really bad. 

mfryd said:

designguybrown said:

Meh. Seems emotional and sentimental. If you are placing your content on the web, you are practically posting it on the street for general view with absurd hopes of pennies trickling in on some desperate fancy rather than through proper business channels with an effective strategy of legally protecting and promoting yourself - childish. Most people who do such art that they may avoid other types of structured paid work - what do they expect when they treat their skill set as a hobby - likely not wanting to work for others on a structured gig - if that's even around much? What's even the issue here - not getting a piece of the trifling leavings of scrapers and edu-content pedlars? pedantic. Art needs to stop being a vague creation-vocation of the rando people and grow up. Successful society is based on complex businesses and legal structures requiring serious people acting seriously. Creativity is a real skill and needs focused training and  a hierarchy of knowledgeable people to propagate it through society. Sorry, but I have little symp for the dilettantes and dabblers hoping to otherwise avoid the soulless cubicle, construction site, and assembly line.

It's not that simple.  The AI companies are scraping material that isn't on the web.  They are scanning and scraping printed books.  They are scraping copyrighted movies.   

They are scraping the copyrighted works of artists who earn their living licensing their work.