Make chips in the U.S., or pay tariffs.
Like taxing houses based on the number of windows
was designed to impose tax relative to the prosperity of the taxpayer, but without the controversy that then surrounded the idea of income tax.
So nothing has changed in 400 years. Cool, cool cool cool.
One thing that changed is increased powers of state surveillance and record keeping. Taxes used to be a much blunter tool because of limits on reliable and organized information.
This nightmare determination and implementation of tariff policies is why I bought the best phone I could afford last year. This shit is gonna have to last at least 6 years for me.
Or this is incentive to simplify the devices sent to the US with the complex calculations taking place out of country. Fewer imported chips, more monthly subscriptions.
Good incentive to develop chipless technology (only sorta /s)
