And we need the UK and the EU get their act together an start developing , so we have MULTIPLE vendors who can not politicked into back doors, kill switches, blackmail, etc etc etc.

I hear computers are REALLY good at doing this sort of thing.
In New Zealand , for the consumer market the advertised price is the price you pay, no hidden fees, no +taxes, etc etc
If it says $100, you pay $100
For the commercial market they can advertise +GST, because businesses can claim the GST back and ,many will advertise prices with +GST. inc GST as they also sell direct to consumers.

It works

But think of the money we are missing out on.

China is catching up and will eventually be a world leader.

I will NEVER have any hardware in my home made by any social media company or various others that need personal information to continued existence (Google, Amazon , any device that I MUST have an account with to use it (eh a smart TV, Dishwasher) etc..

I am a Mac user.
The first thing I do is turn off all that "intelligence" BS on all the devices I have, because it is an impediment.
AI is still worse than natural stupidity

Been to a Starbucks twice in my life, and both times I took 1 sip then threw it away as it was that disgusting.

NZ, AU, IT, FR, and others make GOOD coffee, when ever I am in the USA I avoid it, for a country that drinks so much of it you would think the USA could actually make a decent cup.

The USA is less than 5% of the world's population. Feel free to exclude yourselves from the other 95% for everything.

NEVER want to hear about China again with regards to pollution...

And tonights best meal ever , my favourite "The kids McChicken"

No from the perspective of 94% of the world population.
These tariffs do not impact us at all.

Heck, pay for an advert
"Due to Trump tariffs, Apple will be increasing prices ONLY in the USA by 50%"
"Its been a very long time since the USA was only able to afford second best"

The USA is only about 16% of the entire worlds GDP, and 4% of the world's population.The other 96% should start working hard with each other for alternative trading options.....and say NO to the USA.

And they are not getting a stimulus cheque to buy any lube.

He should have used signal...it works in the USA.
No prosecution, no job loss...
Or you just let DOGE to get into your computers..... I wonder where musk is getting all that data to train his AI on...hmmmmm.....

ANY other business. They go from small owner operator businesses up to billionaire status.
I HAVE the Apps I want, I don't need any more. Last IOS App I bought was probably 3 years ago.

These items and others have stopped being fashion items where people upgrade every year.
There has not been any "must have" features on phones/watches for many years

My iPhone is an 11, it does everything I need it to do, my watch is an 8, again does everything I need it to do.

I have ZERO social media on them, and never will. I do not spend all my day "checking" my phone.

I do not see me updating in the foreseeable future.

AND there is significant economic uncertainty, so lot of people will be holding off non essential purchases .