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A good precedent for Apple to point to is the Mac App Store. Prices on the store are the same as the prices on the developers' websites.

For example, Affinity Photo is $47.99 on the Mac App Store, and it is also $47.99 on the developer's website.

Developers sell their software on the Mac App Store, and pay Apple a commission for each copy of their software sold, because it is worth it for the worldwide exposure and publicity that Apple provides, and because it makes installation and updates much easier for users (which also helps sell the product).

Actually, you can use external drives with iPads (even older iPads). Instead of connecting your drives by USB-C cable, you can connecting them wirelessly! I have a 1TB Seagate drive that has a battery and Wi_Fi built into it. I've been using it for years with my iPads and iPhones. And there are relatively inexpensive flash drives that you can buy, that also have an internal battery and Wi-Fi.

The cool thing about using external drives wirelessly is that the drive can stay in your pocket, or on a table across the room, while you access files on it with your iPad.

But, you don't need to buy a new wireless hard drive or flash drive if you already have external portable drives. You can buy a Kwilt (or another similar portable wireless server) and connect your drives to it. Then you can access the files on those drives either locally, or remotely access files on drives connected to your Kwilt and at home while you are away.

"Foxconn may transfer Chinese engineers to Wisconsin"

But... Doesn't that go against the Orange Clown's efforts to stop immigrants from "invading" the USA, and to MAWA... er, I mean MAGA?

TSMC's 7nm A12 chips are based on conventional lithography rather than EUV. But TSMC is already starting production on EUV chips:

"As EETAsia discusses, the firm has now taped out its first 7nm design to use EUV (Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography)."

https://www.extremetech.com/computing/278742-tsmc-announces-first-euv-7nm-risk-production-5nm-tapeouts-in-q2-2019

And TSMC will start producing 5nm EUV chips a few months from now:

"TSMC taped out its first chip in a process making limited use of extreme ultraviolet lithography and will start risk production in April on a 5-nm node with full EUV."

https://www.eetasia.com/news/article/18100502-tsmc-to-start-5nm-production-in-april

lkrupp said:

Let’s watch the spin on this from the usual suspects. Are Amazon and Samsung just behind Apple because their products are improving or is it because Apple’s products are declining in satisfaction? Make sure you have plenty of popcorn and beer for this one. Bias confirmation is a powerful motivator.

"Apple scored 83 in an ACSI report published on Tuesday, just as it did in 2017"

That should answer your question.