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Apple might need to talk to stock holders to see if they can get backing to tell the UK and EU to take a hike. This could include not selling to the UK or EU. Yes, Apple would take a hit but these governments who want to abuse American products might need to discuss with their citizens the potential for Apple to not provide any products. Who will win? Their citizens or their government?

quakerotis said:

It's not Apple's, it's Masimo's.

Not necessarily. Check out https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/05/01/apple-watch-trial-endslatest-chapter-of-2-billion-apple-watch-patent-battle-ends-in-mistrial The vote in favor of Apple was 6-1 but for some stupid reason it needed to be unanimous. One juror out of seven doesn't sound like Apple used Masimo's patents. Yes, Masimo has patents on pulse oximeters but so do other patent holders. Masimo also references other patents within their patents. I've always wondered about these patent references. I doubt Masimo was the first and only company to create a medical pulse oximeter, which is not something Apple is including in their Apple Watch. Apple is providing a non-medical pulse oximeter without all the critical testing and accuracy. I bought a home use pulse oximeter for $30, Masimo's go for 10X that amount. There is a difference in what Apple and Masimo are selling. Did Apple actually use the Masimo patents in their entirety or simply use parts of the patents, which seems to be what other companies do. 

Do airlines carry pulse oximeters on-board? Probably not. Do people carry their own pulse oximeters wherever they go? Probably not. Was the woman's life saved because she had a pulse oximeter on her watch, which provided enough information that the cabin crew knew to give her oxygen? Absolutely! Do we credit this to Masimo? Absolutely not!

I used to have this problem but not anymore. Some of it is because I bought an iPhone with more storage but recent iOS system updates have appeared to reduce the amount of System Data stored on my iPhone. Applications take up way more storage than System Data, which is a little less than iOS on my phone. As you've stated, Messages can be a huge hog of System Data storage, especially for those people who constantly send images and videos. I don't do any gaming on my iPhone, which I presume can be a tremendous hog as well. One thing not mentioned in this article that really helps reduce data storage is configuring iCloud photo storage so only device-sized versions are kept on the phone while original, full resolution photos are kept on iCloud that are available at any time. My Photos library is in excess of 200GB while it only takes up less than 8GB on my iPhone.

So does this mean I should cancel my monthly AppleCare contract on my Model 7 watch?

Try https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/owc-express-1m2 It's on their website. You have to remember that OWC is MacSales so start at the retail website. Everyone needs to read all the information on their page since it talks about limitations when connected to certain devices.

"Because we’re widely considered the Thunderbolt experts, we must know all the little details that others purposefully overlook or hide. For a bus-powered enclosure to be Thunderbolt certified, it must meet Intel power certifications. As such, speeds are limited to 1500MB/s. While many no-name brands claim to be USB4, they are in fact Thunderbolt 3 solutions that do not follow Intel specifications. Unlike those budget brand pretenders that will leave you feeling fooled and disappointed in far lower speeds, the Express 1M2’s true USB4 connectivity assures you of an astounding doubling of Thunderbolt’s speed."

• Supports M.2 2280, M.2 2242, M.2 2230 "M Key" drives

Drives bought with included NVMe drives use "OWC Aura Ultra IV PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD" https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/S3DIG3P4T10/ higher capacity drives available.

Now we just need OWC/MacSales to upgrade their 4 blade 4M2 enclosure to handle USB4.