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mrwitt said:

Tariffs are a very positive long term strategy. Our country has been taken to the cleaners for years with gross trade deficits.

retrogusto said:

FileMakerFeller said:

Going to be quite the culture shock - Roblox is the company that has been exploiting developers for almost the entirety of its existence, whereas Apple...

Oh.

Maybe I’m missing your point, but has anybody done more for developers than Apple?

They helped to start the personal computer market, then pushed it forward by a huge leap by bringing PARC’s window/mouse GUI to market, making computing much more accessible to the masses. With the iPhone, they made the first sophisticated smartphones with a very intuitive user interface, way better and easier to use than anything that preceded it, creating a huge worldwide smartphone market, and created the App Store that gave developers easy access to every single iPhone user, without the need for hard copy manufacturing, inventory management and a distribution network. They even distribute it for you for free if you don’t charge cash for it. They have created new markets with the iPad and watch too, and they provide significant educational tools and developer support. Et cetera, et cetera. 

iOS_Guy80 said:

Have visited the Apple store twice in the last month will continue to wear a mask regardless  of the mandate easement.

dk49 said:

Why does Apple want an exclusive plant? They can always sign an exclusivity contract with the manufacturer if they don't want that battery tech to be sold to anyone else (if they have some parents over that battery tech).