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I mean, sure shipping is more expensive but that’s definitely not the cause of Apple’s price increases.

• quentindanjou 3mo ago
  The cause is the whole thing, cost of shipping (container, gas, etc), cost of components (RAM, SSD, etc), cost of tariff, cost of lobbying and lawsuits, and overall inflation cost.
  • KerrAvon 3mo ago
    No. It's literally RAM. https://www.macrumors.com/2026/06/25/apple-explains-why-it-raised-prices/ https://www.macrumors.com/2026/06/25/apple-explains-why-it-r...
    • balls187 3mo ago
      And AI is the reason why developers are being laid off. Don't trust a fox to count your chickens.
    • quentindanjou 3mo ago
      They would never say it is about the other reasons because of politics. Also RAM is impacting other components such as SSD
  • sib 3mo ago
    You can fit about 8,000 MacBook Pros into a 40-foot container in their retail packaging. If the cost of shipping a container went up by USD8,000 (a very large amount), that would be about USD1 per MBP. It's not the shipping that's driving the price increase. Year Average Spot Rate (USD) 2006 $1,825 2007 $1,775 2008 $1,383 2009 $1,350 2010 $1,900 2011 $1,450 2012 $2,000 2013 $1,750 2014 $1,900 2015 $1,125 2016 $1,350 2017 $1,525 2018 $1,775 2019 $1,490 2020 $3,008 2021 $8,608 2022 $5,500 2023 $1,575 2024 $4,740 2025 $3,150 2026 (YTD) $3,835