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It didn’t really start recently. The openness about it, sure. The constant effort in malicious compliance with open standards, new regulations, and consumer lock-in are derived from greed and are not new.

Apple have had some of the best technologist and designers, but for sure have had the best marketers. I doubt they’ll manage to keep everyone on board on this new low, though.

I am happy I started quite a few years ago with moving away from Apple software (this is such an effort in itself because of the lock-in). I still have their devices, however, I am looking to replace them with alternatives when they need replacing.

Especially since mastodon is accessible for anyone, whether they have a mastodon account or not.

While US citizens pay for the tariffs, it may well hurt producers of imported goods.

“The adjustment occurs through reduced trade volumes , not price concessions,” according to the Kiel paper. “Given the choice between maintaining margins on reduced sales or slashing margins to maintain volume, most exporters apparently prefer the former.

Cheers! It is indeed on 642 :)

Still only showing 2.4.1 for me