Tariff Pricing and Software Updates - MOSK: 05.13.2025

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Ken Ray

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🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

- Hiding the Cost of Tariffs: A Thought Exercise - AAPL Shares Surge on Temporary US/China Tariff Reductions - Apple Releases iOS/iPadOS 18.5 - iOS 18.5 Brings First Security Fix for C1 Modem - Apple Outs macOS 15.5 - Apple Sets Free watchOS 11.5 - Apple Tunes-In tvOS 18.5 - Apple Immerses Vision Pro in visionOS 2.5 - Apple TV+ Announces Chef-Centered Docuseries - Apple Outs New Trailer for “F1” - Sponsored by Insta360's new X5: Get 8K 360° video and an invisible selfie stick at store.insta360.com with code macosken - Every day should be World Password Day on Checklist 422 - find it at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @[email protected] - Send Ken an email: [email protected] - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

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0:00.0	This is MacOS Ken.
0:08.8	Taking a walk through tariff pricing, Apple updates all of the operating systems.
0:15.4	And now I want to see a race car movie.
0:19.2	It is Tuesday, the 13th of May, 2025.
0:22.8	I'm Ken Ray, and this is news from MacOS Ken.
0:28.2	Brought to you by yours truly and sponsored by Insta360's new X-5.
0:34.5	Get an invisible selfie stick when you buy an X-5 bundle at store.insta360.com with code macOScan.
0:44.4	This show is also supported by people like you, patrons through Patreon.
0:51.3	Find out more in that your support at patreon.com slash macOS can.
1:00.7	Can we just talk?
1:03.0	Like, I'm going to try to feel my way through some things here, and I would like for you to come along with me.
1:09.3	There was a kind of ridiculous story in the Wall Street Journal on Monday.
1:13.6	It came under the headline, Apple considers raising iPhone prices without blaming tariffs.
1:21.9	All right, we know that tariffs are going to raise prices.
1:26.1	Okay, I guess I shouldn't say that. It is accepted as fact by most that tariffs are going to raise prices. Okay, I guess I shouldn't say that. It is accepted as fact
1:29.2	by most that tariffs are going to raise prices. Not talking about iPhones. I'm talking about
1:35.1	everything. Even the president who ran on lowering prices on day one has said maybe your kid
1:42.0	will have fewer dolls come Christmas, and maybe those
1:45.0	dolls will cost more. Higher prices are kind of a given. And while even the president will
1:51.1	sometimes admit that, the White House, and the businesses on which it leans, want to hide the fact.
1:58.3	Did I say fact? I meant probability. The journal piece I mentioned lays out something that
2:04.0	happened last month between the administration and Amazon. According to that, when a news report in April
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