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Apple is now banned from selling its latest Apple Watches in the US::Apple can no longer sell the Apple Watch Ultra 2 and Watch Series 9 in the US. The International Trade Commission issued an import ban on the devices that took effect on December 26th, 2023.

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[–] lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

They also have more than enough money to drain Masimo by dragging them through legal proceedings, so Apple can just swoop in and buy them out.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 10 months ago

But there's no reason for Apple to do that it would have been cheaper for them to just pay for the license. I think they didn't think they'd get called out on it, and now they don't know what to do.

[–] lemann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure how big Masimo is, but they probably have reasonably deep pockets too considering they manufacture and sell a ton of hospital equipment.

If Apple wanted to buy out Masimo it certainly wouldn't be cheap, and would probably upset their shareholders, but they do have the money

[–] Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago

What if they wanted to buy them from the start and are thinking they can drop the price?