Comment on Trump tariffs result in 10% laptop price hike in U.S. says Acer CEO

BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• ruekk@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  We’re not the consumers Trump cares about

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  • Isoprenoid@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Follow the money. Where do the tariffs end up?

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    • PanArab@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      In the government’s coffers

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      • unphazed@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Which then get used to buy Spacex and Tesla merch.

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• stormio@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I think you’re being too generous. I’m probably not alone in saying that a 10% price increase gives me 0% interest in buying a new laptop.

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  • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Regardless I’m not buying a new laptop. My 15 year old netbook is chugging along and if it suddenly died I’d sooner rehab another used one rather than make this economy look in any way good by buying new.

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• jaybone@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  TBF I was always 100% less likely to buy an Acer.

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