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Tariffs... Someone has to pay them and it sure isn't Apple.

I think you read him backwards. It’s still cheaper in the US. Tariffs certainly exist in Europe but I’m unaware of any on these laptops and US Tariffs on goods from China don’t apply to goods from China to anywhere else that isn’t the US.

It should rather be "public option healthcare, social safety nets, and a robust surveillance state aren't going to pay for themselves"

Macbooks shipped to Europe don't ever touch US ground (and I'd wager 99.9% of their parts don't either). So US tarriffs should be irrelevant - and the EU doesn't have big China tarriffs outside of EV and solar panel anti-dumping retaliation.

Of course, you’re not wrong.

Apple could subsidize by absorbing part of the tariff in the U.S. and overcharging in the EU.

That said, in the EU we have a two-year warranty.

VAT in the U.S. is no more than 12%.

It's much cheaper in the US

I have a strong feeling Apple is raising prices elsewhere in order to avoid pissing off the notoriously sensitive consumers in America. Sony is doing similar things with making the PlayStation expensive everywhere to make it affordable for Americans. The world is essentially subsidizing the tariffs for Americans.

People in other countries will get pissed but ultimately suck it up and buy a product. People in America will take it as a personal offense due to the current Maoist-style cult of personality, and you'll get death threats and videos of them shooting your products posted onto social media. Just look at what happened to that beer company. No such thing would happen in Germany.

> I have a strong feeling Apple is raising prices elsewhere in order to avoid pissing off the notoriously sensitive consumers in America.

Or a certain individual…

>The world is essentially subsidizing the tariffs for Americans.

I was told the opposite thing would happen. Sounds like a great deal for us Americans!

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