Apple should just not sell them in the US then.
this post was submitted on 23 May 2025
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Looks like Apple is balking at paying the required bribe.
How long ago?
You can know the impact of what building in the US would be by looking at Purism. They sell a Linux phone for $800. If you want the same phone built in the US, they charge $2000.
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Do it to everyone, I dare you. Nerds get heated. Please it will end sooner for him.
I see the problem here. He's talking to Tim Cook, who's CEO of some cooking company. He needs to talk to Tim Apple.
He's actually cooking apple pies. Or is it called baking? Is it Tim Bake?
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Krasnov fails to realize the shareholders hold the power to decide manufacturing sites.
Trump on his way to make Android phones more popular (they're not as highly tariffed)
Making America great again by increasing Samsung's market share.
you know how trolls respond in games or everywhere online? Exactly like this. Did Don forget to breath while writing that run-on sentence?
The goal is fine but that isn’t anywhere near enough to force production into the US
Unless it’s like American rockets that are made in China, and assembled in the US so they can throw a sticker on it
Coming this fall: the new iPhone Republican edition (iPhone RE)
-cheaper construction and materials, yet somehow features a higher price tag -tons of backdoors (this time, intentional) -only connects to approved propaganda sites -reports all biometric data to the GOP -zaps you whenever it detects a thought the party dislikes -integrates with neurolink (not optional, you sick deviant)
iPhone XR
Xitter [R-Slur] Edition
Or
Xenophobic Recession Edition
camera moves to the right. Plus, you cant swipe left anymore and only swipe right
I oppose tariffs, but I'm also somewhat indifferent to the fortunes of Apple.