Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://jorts.horse/@kobilacroix" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kobilacroix</span></a></span> OFC <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Greedflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greedflation</span></a> will mean that corporations like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> will just 1:1 the prices even if the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USD</span></a>:<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EUR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUR</span></a> goes 2:1.</p><ul><li>They already did it that in the past, and when the $:€ was >1,60:1, it was cheaper for folks to fly to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a>, sleep one bight in a hotel, buy an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/iPhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iPhone</span></a> and fly back to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <em>with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/customs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>customs</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ImportTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImportTax</span></a> paid</em>...</li></ul><p>And yes, I knew a time when people got paid to order for pickup Apple devices in the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a>, fly back with them and <em>properly declare them at customs</em> because even at 2x19% tax + buying new chargers it was cheaper than accepting 60% price gouging.</p><ul><li>So just because the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/iPhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iPhone</span></a> will get 104% tariffs in the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> and the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> production <em>never enters the US</em> it'll likely get parity by numbers because Apple <em>always flexes numbers in disadvantage for buyers</em>!</li></ul><p>Also no <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/retailer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retailer</span></a> will accept sucking up the losses, cuz even if Apple were to make 80% margin on their devices at their stores, they'd be in the red without raising prices...</p><ul><li>But in essence you're correct: <em><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Consumers</span></a> WILL GET SHAFTED</em> and not the corporations - that's how it's always been! (Ask Brazilians about non - domestic-built game console prices!)…</li></ul>