Per the article, participation in the international blacklist is optional. But doesn't that only control whether a phone can be activated on the cellular network? Aren't victims anlso able to iCloud-lock their phone, which would prevent the new owners from using any of the essential "Apple" features?
Why does anyone actually believe anything Trump says, including his tariff threats. Haven't we've seen him back down enough times to learn there's nothing behind the threat except bluster and a photo op?
Rather suspicious they suddenly have a firmware fix that improves performance for a newly-released CPU that was poorly received by the market. I guess they figured out they couldn't hold off on these gains until Zen 6 so decided to unlock them on Zen 5.
Once everyone has his free 100GB he plans to flip a switch that causes everyone to murder each other, except for a few select oligarchs he's hiding in an underground cave that he's personally chosen to continue mankind into the future.