y2an

Would you trust this carrier with your personal information? They have access to your location and call history. Call home and get a free visit from ICE…

“Ordered”? There is no such power. 

Apple is very deliberate and disciplined in its product positioning and pricing, especially over product margin. Short term, in the US market I expect them to weather the storm (they can afford to, and International and Services will hold the fort). As product updates are introduced I expect them to increase the value proposition (such as more base features) to take consumer sting out of price increases due to tariffs. More memory or SSD is cheap to add and cheers up consumers. 

“Maybe they see something we don’t.”

It’s called downstream impact (DSI). With a little analysis you can estimate this quite well. I’m sure Apple has a good handle on the incremental impact per customer from having Apple TV+ available. It’s not a loss making venture, it’s an investment.

Well this was pretty much the remedy for IBM mainframes back in the day, wasn’t it? I don’t see Apple’s ability to create the appropriate API for attached devices including the necessary security and privacy features with which anyone seeking to attach would have to comply. That would seem to comply with the intent here.