The carrier gives a significant discount which they expect to make up over years if subscriptions

Thanks for the reminder! I was a big fan of when Apple broke this open by using its market position to insist on unlocked, unmodified phones. Ever since we’ve had the choice, I’ve never again bought a phone from a phone company nor locked. They do make it seem tempting though

YeaH, even the US is moving toward renewables and there are some highlights like steel production, but way too slowly, way too many lowlights, like peak fossil fuel production and export. That data shows we’re heading in the right direction, but all too slowly, we may not keep the pace, and could even see future growth in fossil fuels, all else being equal.

I know it’s a reflection of data predictability but I’m especially frustrated they don’t see EVs getting above 30% of the fleet. I hear Biden trying to be encouraging, but this data shows us nebpver meeting his 2030 goal for transportation

Excellent news.

It really needs to mention the US, though. I know this is about Europe, and trying to celebrate good news, and you’re probably tired of us making everything about the US, but we’ve “earned” our place in any article about climate change or carbon emissions.

My country deserves to be named and shamed for lagging in something so critical. It needs to be nagged continuously to catch up. It needs to be reminded of the impact it has made and continues to make. There are still so many people who don’t believe it’s real or don’t think it will impact them and don’t care who it does impact, so many both politicians and constituents who can’t look beyond their immediate desires.

I feel like Chinas carbon emissions will just disappear suddenly. Yeah, they’re using way too much coal, and still growing with fossil fuels, but consider their growth in renewables. The good thing about dictatorships is that it’s possible to build out renewables faster than the rest of the world combined, but among the many bad parts is you’re not balancing supply with demand. There’s no way they don’t suddenly have a huge glut of power and have to decide what to shut down permanently

And probably stiffness. Aluminum would both scratch more easily than glass and bend/dent more easily

Have you tried an iPhone? With a case? Admittedly I don’t have experience with other brands but iPhones have always just worked, reliably, for my family of four, and have held up for years

They’ve usually lasted except for this last round where my teens had our old iPhone X’s: 3-4 years with adults, perfect. However the kids kept taking their cases off and dropping the phones. I don’t know why they were so careless this time around, but I can’t fault the phones. If they were trying to get early replacements, they only succeeded in carrying around phones with broken screens

Anyhow, good phones are sturdier than ever and can last with even the most moderate of care

Updoot for this - my ex-mother-in-law got a lot out of this by both taking classes and dropping in to ask questions. They were always helpful and polite, and spent whatever time she needed

FM is good in theory, but I stopped listening over a decade ago due to the sheer overwhelming advertising. Sometimes it felt like I’d go half an hour or more without any music to listen to. It’s just not worth it

The “S” had a good two years lead in availability, so anyone who needed to replace their console got that. Anyone impatient got that.

Personally I gave up after two years not being able to get my kids X’s, and instead built gaming computers with them. No more xboxes

a $50 chipped cable sold only through Google - how Apple currently does.

I think this may have been true 15 years ago, before there were third party cables, but the usually pay $5-10 for my Lightning cables

Although …. I can sell you some genuine cables brand new, for the low low price of $49.99, for a huge discount over whatever your imaginary source is