So I probably will...the iPhone 13 in our house suffered a minor crack to the screen, and the iPhone 12 is starting to slow down as the battery gets old. It's all planned obsolescence...I didn't mind it so much when getting a new phone "for free" was quite simple, but that gravy train appears to have ended.
BRK.A AAPL Warren Buffett Berkshire Hathaway Slashes Apple Stake by Nearly 50% By Andrew Bary Aug 03, 2024, 8:18 am EDT In this article BRK.A AAPL Berkshire Hathaway BRK.A -0.86% slashed its big stake in Apple AAPL 0.69% by nearly 50% in the second quarter to about 400 million shares from 789 million shares in the first quarter, according to information in the company’s 10-Q report released Saturday
Ouch, $188. There is no way Apple could move manufacturing to the US, I am betting Tim Apple is on the phone with Trump this weekend to have Apple be exempt from tariffs.
What price will Trump extract, I wonder? A few million in bribes? A 2% tariff if 1% goes into his pocketbook?
I suspect we start seeing a lot of "I have wonderful talk with <insert country leader> and we are making a great deal! Perhaps the best deal ever made!"
