Deep Dive on Apple’s Tax Announcement, Jeff and Bryan Hypocrisy, and Apple Security – ACM 445
Apple made some major announcements about taxes, investments, and the company’s five year plan for contributions to the U.S. economy, and Bryan and Jeff take a deep dive into what it all means. They also examine their own potential for hypocrisy in criticizing Apple’s smarthome strategy. The cap the show with a listener comment about the Mac App Store security bug.
Show Notes
Sources referenced in this episode:
- Apple Commits $350 Billion to U.S. Economy Over 5 Years, a Mix Of New and Existing Plans and Taxes
- Apple Could Bring $200 Billion to U.S., But Don’t Start Spending it Just Yet
- Apple Plans to Build Another New Campus
- Apple to Pay $38 Billion in One-Time Repatriation Tax
- Apple Expands Advanced Manufacturing Fund to $5 Billion
- The Mac Observer's Daily Observations Podcast: OSX/MaMi Malware, CES 2018 Trends from the Outside - TMO Daily Observations 2018-01-16
- Apple Context Machine Facebook Group
- Jeff's Twitter
- Bryan's Twitter
- Jeff's blog: Fresh Brewed Tales
- Bryan's blog: GeekTells
I enjoy reading this site and listening to the your podcasts. Do you think you can refrain from your ill advised and smart ass political comments? There are political sites galore across the net. This site should be a respite from all that. Stick to the facts – the FACTS surrounding your supposed area of expertise. Leave the political hack comments for the political hacks…
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One other aspect of bringing back manufacturing to the US is the lack of tradesmen. Steve Jobs also mentioned this about the lack of tool and die makers in the US. The labor force observations are right on, and I agree that a fully or almost fully automated factory is the way to go. There might be some labor issues even with that solution, as their will need to be a lot of skilled tradesmen needed to maintain and adjust the machines.