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JamesBrickley said:

Because the Chinese would make things difficult for Apple's manufacturing, silly.

India and Brazil still exist. All the more reason to cut China out of all manufacturing (it’s already cheaper to do it in Mexico) before the middle of next decade.

seanismorris said:

You know where it’s needed by where it’s banned...

Free speech, all of Europe: check.
Gun ownership, most of the world: check.

Freedom (of Press) is a cornerstone of Democracy

Not really, no. Democracy explicitly allows for–and supports–the censorship of the press.

Russia isn’t a Democracy.

Good. They shouldn’t be. They know what happens when democracy is allowed.

GeorgeBMac said:

So let's all focus on the hardware!   LOL...

Why should we settle for shit hardware?

ascii said:

Wow, now I'm worried mine didn't install properly.

It wasn’t a full “you must log into your iCloud account again” setup, but I got the setup window. I’m sure you’re fine.

macxpress said:
Honestly, I'd be extremely surprised if any Mac mini update did much for sales of it. 

If you make a profit on every unit you sell, why does it matter how many you sell, particularly when you don’t bother to spend any of that profit on advertising?

buzdots said:

...or just completely unschooled in economics

To be fair, that’s every US high school graduate, since I don’t know of a school that actually teaches our economic system.