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jdw said:

No doubt it will be unusual by me, just as Apple Keychain is.  I refuse to enable stupid 2FA, so I can't use Keychain.  However, I can use 1Password (an older version that has no absurd subscription attached to it).  Since 1Password still works for me, it largely doesn't matter what Apple does, but I would prefer to obliteration of 2FA at some point in the future.  I refuse to be possibly locked out of a particular device only because I don't have the means (device or others) for that 2FA to work.  Passwords are enough for me, regardless of what the 2FA worshippers and security experts have to say.  I want control to do as I please.  2FA takes some of my freedom away, and I don't like that.

omasou said:

The thinner bezels on the last model have been causing me issues while playing games.

While holding the phone, the skin under my thumbs wraps around the phone and touches the screen, so the phone thinks I am performing a two finger gesture instead of a a tap.

Thinner bezels will only exacerbate this issue even more.

Supply chain issues are to blame for most of the down tick in sales 

avon b7 said:

Apple has avoided big layoffs because it did not have to scale the employee count up to meet the demand created as a result of the pandemic.

Amazon was directly impacted and had literally no option but to massively expand its headcount, both in return/logistics and AWS. 

As cloud activity ballooned, the big cloud players all had to expand operations to compensate. 

Apple wasn't as exposed as the others and now the effects of the pandemic are adjusting back down (coupled with an economic downturn).

The economic downturn will affect Apple, though. YoY iPhone sales for the traditional blowout quarter at Apple are reportedly down 41% in Spain for example.