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misk OP ,
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Chinese government subsidizes EV production so this is not a fair competition. The only way to counter that and do local production subsidies (which US already does to some extent) and tariffs.

Would you say Apple is in a slump?

With the VisionPro hype already dead (maybe forever?), bad or tasteless iPad ads, purposeless updates to iPad, Apple dropping their car project, and reaching out to OpenAI or Google for AI services ... it certainly feels like it to me. They've at least run into their limitations recently however much they want to find the "next...

misk ,
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Apple has been like this for ages now though. They succeeded despite of it, not because of it. What OP is suggesting (I think) is that there's less positives and those historically outweighed Apple's anti-consumer practices.

misk ,
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I'm not sure. IIRC pricing structure that pushes you to upgrade to high tier hardware was there under Jobs as well. And they'd solder RAM if it was a thing back then too - they always purposefully gimped base models.

misk OP ,
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I use couple of devices that are nearing end of support - iPhone XS, 1st gen Apple TV 4k (which is iPhone 7 essentially) and they perform admirably well. iOS 16 was pretty bad at times but it was mostly resolved with iOS 17.

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Straight to Nintendo Guantanamo.

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