It is paid by consumers, not Apple. Other phone companies will raise prices as well to increase their profits, since iPhone prices will set a new high price.
Trump says a 25% tariff "must be paid by Apple" on iPhones not made in the US, says he told Tim Cook long ago that iPhones sold in the US must be made in the US
Submitted 2 months ago by Pro@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world
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Litebit@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Vari@lemm.ee 2 months ago
It would take MINIMUM 10 years to even come close to like 60% manufactured in US. And that’s assuming the US upends the entire global tech industry by coming even kind of close to TSMC’s chip manufacturing tech.
monotremata@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Good news on the latter front, actually: tomshardware.com/…/tsmc-expands-investments-in-th…
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 months ago
Apple spent millions per year in fines for decades just because Steve Jobs didn’t want illuminated fire exit signs polluting the decor of his Apple stores. Their cash reserves exceed $150bn. They won’t do anything they don’t want to do.
cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Tim Apple could just buy him a fucking plane and be done with it.
theangryseal@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s what I’d do if I were an ambitious, resource hoarding, ass pimple billionaire.
It’s obvious the way to Trump’s heart is to tell him he’s pretty and give him something .
Halcyon@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
Yeah make him a custom iPhone with a unibody out of pure gold?
muusemuuse@lemm.ee 2 months ago
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)
mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.world 2 months ago
camera moves to the right. Plus, you cant swipe left anymore and only swipe right
throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
iPhone XR
Xitter [R-Slur] Edition
Or
Xenophobic Recession Edition
lsibilla@lemm.ee 1 month ago
What about the components? Should they also be produced in the US?
Let’s be clear, producing the iPhone in the US would be more than a 25% cost increase.
Formfiller@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Failed business man telling people how to run their businesses
superminerJG@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Trump on his way to make Android phones more popular (they’re not as highly tariffed)
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Making America great again by increasing Samsung’s market share.
throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Why isn’t Samsung or Motorola highly tariffed? It’s the same, right?
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Apple is more or less getting individually tariffed because stupid.
malin@thelemmy.club 2 months ago
We need to keep in mind that businesses like Apple are already charging the most they think customers are willing to pay.
Tariffs will hurt their bottom line by causing them to lose more in sales than they can make up for by raising unit prices.
NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
This past Monday, John Stewart of The Daily Show interviewed Patrick Mcgee who discussed the jaw-dropping amount’s of money Apple spent building out Chinese electronics supply chains. -It makes for an interesting case if true.
0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
On that note, I suspect that a 25% tax is cheaper by far than the cost of building out state of the art silicon fab on US soil, plus the additional cost of paying Americans to do the manufacturing/assembly. Would you rather buy an iPhone for $1250 or $4000?
Ulrich@feddit.org 2 months ago
“Trump says…” A load of fucking bollocks, to be frank. You can rest assured what he says is the opposite of reality. He’s a pathological liar.
mhague@lemmy.world 2 months ago
He did say he would fuck his daughter if she weren’t his daughter.
elvith@feddit.org 2 months ago
Which part is the lie? That he wouldn’t fuck his daughter if she weren’t his daughter or that he would fuck his daughter if she were his daughter?
UltraBlack@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Did trump just confuse a possessive s for a plural s?
kent_eh@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
That is the least of his linguistic faults.
unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
style errors are easily forgiven. study a foreign language or a programming language to get some empathy
suspending habeas corpus? he should be in so many heaps of trouble. the guillotine was a nasty, evil piece of work, and anyways
UltraBlack@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’m not even a native speaker, so I think I’m allowed to criticise that
pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 month ago
It happens to people and I don’t know why
driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 1 month ago
Autocorrect more likely
ABetterTomorrow@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Do it to everyone, I dare you. Nerds get heated. Please it will end sooner for him.
burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world 2 months ago
i feel like there are many nerds that voted for him
ABetterTomorrow@lemm.ee 2 months ago
More like didn’t vote at all
SulaymanF@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s just the loudest voices, not the majority.
Shanedino@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The more I think about it doesn’t trump just want to raise taxes without explicitly raising taxes.
medgremlin@midwest.social 2 months ago
*Raise taxes on poor people. The billionaires can easily just fly to Europe for a shopping spree attached to their regular weekend jaunt and bring everything home in their luggage (if they cared about the prices of anything to begin with, that is).
sidtirouluca@lemm.ee 2 months ago
infighting in america. im lovin it!
floofloof@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
When the USA has no more industry, education, science, healthcare or employment and the American people are dying younger and younger, thousands of homeless Americans can watch Trump’s military parade destroy the streets of Washington DC and know that America is great again.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Surprise!
There actually isn’t any food there.
NChiwana76@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yum, Soylent green.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 2 months ago
infighting will lead to outfighting, you won’t be lovin that.
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 month ago
iPhones made outside US: bad
MAGA hats and swag made in China: art of the deal
DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I oppose tariffs, but I’m also somewhat indifferent to the fortunes of Apple.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 2 months ago
underline960@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 2 months ago
And none of those y axes start at zero, which is additionally misleading as it exaggerates the level of change.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Oh no, not less than a balf percent change and stable for a couple hours right after opening!
latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Tribute’s goin’ up, lads! Better shake them coffers empty, the Lord of Great Murika demands more mmmmoneyyyy!
flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 1 month ago
frog_brawler@lemmy.world 1 month ago
What a fucking idiot
barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Looks like Apple is balking at paying the required bribe.
baggins@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Thank your for your
toxicbubble@lemmy.world 2 months ago
so many apple shills here… why not upgrade to an adult phone?
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 2 months ago
it’s good that you have an adult phone, but maybe try acting like an adult with it.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Search “adult websites” to learn more.
TheRealKuni@midwest.social 2 months ago
so many apple shills here… why not upgrade to an adult phone?
So this makes me laugh because when I was younger and had more time to spend with rooting and custom ROMs, I used Android phones. And I loved them!
Now that I’m older I use an iPhone (for a number of reasons) and I also love it!
It’s almost like smartphones are tools that fit their use case, and not something else up be tribal over.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I’m just curious about how anyone can get excited enough to love any smartphone these days? Seems a necessary evil to me and a vessel for enshitification. What about the iPhone do you love so much?
Dekkia@this.doesnotcut.it 2 months ago
Do you mean the ones with the big T9 keyboards so grandpa doesn’t have to wear his glasses while using his?
angelmountain@feddit.nl 2 months ago
Is this another pump 'n dump (or rather dump 'n buy a shitload and then change your mind again so the stock rises to the original level)?
gwilikers@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
This perfectly sums up the shortfalls of Trumpian populism in the face of Late Stage Capitalism.
mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.world 2 months ago
you know how trolls respond in games or everywhere online? Exactly like this. Did Don forget to breath while writing that run-on sentence?
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
The goal is fine but that isn’t anywhere near enough to force production into the US
n3cr0@lemmy.world 2 months ago
And so Apple’s breakdown begins. Trump smashing their overrated market position in the US. It’s the first time I would support his BS decisions.
NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I don’t, this is not a good thing. Threatening a company with punitive action bcz they didn’t capitulation to your whims is not a good thing. Nevermind that you cant just up and move your manufacturing overnight.
The right way to bring manufacturing back is to give companies incentives and investment funds for bringing manufacturing back over a certain number of years. A carrot and honey are a lot more convincing than vinegar when trying to get what you want.
n3cr0@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s all true. But how do you feel for buying an already overpriced product, made by a greedy company which acts against software developers (by prohibidding selling their software on other market places and dictating prices), the environment, and the customer (repairability, compatibility and more restrictions) and the state (tax evasion)? I think Apple should get what they deserve.
alexdeathway@programming.dev 2 months ago
Can someone calculate how much an iPhone would cost if manufactured in the USA?
BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 2 months ago
$3,500 according to one estimate.
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 2 months ago
With more automation wouldn’t it possibly cost less than this? On Taiwan the balance between automation and human labor is due to their costs of labor and automation.
In any case more expensive than on Taiwan, though.
If US cost of labor drops sharply due to a few bubbles exploding, or a few nukes explode somewhere causing harm to world economy, then having such plants already in place might be retrospectively considered a wise decision.
Consumer hardware is now being used in wars on scale, changing all balances. So I think everybody is going to do what Trump is doing. Keep complex processes inside if they have the knowledge and ability, and try to gain knowledge and ability if they don’t.
I don’t think it’s bad. Socialists will finally see a situation which their ideology fits best. Industrial specialties, even worker-level ones, teach people to think in a way making idiotic websites in some modern framework doesn’t.
All that, of course, is sometime after the hellish hell we’re going to see making us work to achieve it.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Not much. It’s basically just the cost of adding a “Made in USA” sticker to the box.
ikidd@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Pay massive bribe to Dirty Donny, put sticker on.