{"id":3262,"date":"2026-06-18T13:13:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T17:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alexandrakitty.com\/?p=3262"},"modified":"2026-06-18T13:13:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T17:13:32","slug":"apples-trial-balloon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alexandrakitty.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/apples-trial-balloon\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple’s Trial Balloon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Here is some nice propaganda, curtesy of the Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apple is making record profits. They can absorb the loss with any C-Suite losing a cent or having to let go of a single employee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They don’t have to raise the price, of course. They just want to see how much pain their loyal customer base is willing to endure to have a logo of an eaten fruit slapped on the cover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The price increase is not “unavoidable.” I bet if people stopped buying their iPhones and laptops, suddenly, they could cut the price in half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a trial balloon to see how stupid are the fools who shell out with asking a single question. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I use an Apple, but not an iPhone, but if push came to shove, I’d ditch the Apple and go for another brand. Any company who disrespects the very people who made it profitable is not one worth supporting in the first place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here is some nice propaganda, curtesy of the Wall Street Journal. Apple is making record profits. They can absorb the loss with any C-Suite losing a cent or having to let go of a single employee. They don’t have to raise the price, of course. They just want to see how much pain their loyal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,460],"tags":[775,26,777,776,42,73],"class_list":["post-3262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alexandra-kitty","category-the-damage-report","tag-apple","tag-propaganda","tag-rolf-winkler","tag-tim-cook","tag-united-states","tag-wall-street-journal"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t