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I have an iPhone XS Max.  I installed the 13.4.1 update right after it came out.  The evening before last (i.e. well after and tons of normal unlocks after I had installed the update), the screen turned a washed-out green with tons of flickering, but mine wasn’t transient.  It has done it non-stop since then.  The phone also got very warm to the point where I got the thermal warning and it shut down (while I was working inside a very cool hospital).  It ran the battery down in less than an hour whereas it usually lasts all day.  I called Apple, who went over some diagnostic steps with me, finally having me wipe the phone and restoring.  After I did this, while booting up, I had the Apple logo on the washed-out, flickering green background.  They ended up mailing me an advanced replacement that I should get Monday.  I wonder if this is the same problem as in this report and manifests this way for people with iPhone XS Max’s.  If so, the heating up could be a potential danger (since it's the phone itself and not environmental heat causing this).  If that's the case, they may consider this issue an extremely high priority.  Then again, I'm not even sure I have the actual same problem described in the article; it could be a coincidence.

ADDENDUM: I will add that the issue of getting hot and running the battery down quickly was prior to me wiping/restoring with Apple.  Also, this morning, the phone acted almost the same way.  The screen still acted the same, and the battery was still running down fast, but not AS fast, and the phone was no longer getting hot.  Go figure.

So spotify like to bite the hands that feed it?  Let’s see how long that works out for them.

ShapeshiftingFish said:

I don't mean to generalize and it's probably a short lived glitch in the case of the card, but I tend to trust Apple's services less and less. iCloud is very messy for me with erratic syncing (drive, photos), needing several sign ins and outs on numerous devices; Music is crappy comparing with, say, Spotify, borderline offensive in recommendations and discovery; TV+ is mostly dull with original content seemingly committee based (more so than the competitors), like "let's be edgy, but at all cost inclusive and not offensive". The hardware is mostly still well behaved, so I'm still all in on that front, but I am actively eyeing the alternatives for the first time in several years, just to have a quick backup option. I now a have a second (Android) phone and am using duplicate services (contacts, calendar, notes, photos etc.). And for work, learning the alternative options that work on Windows (Premiere vs. Final Cut, Ableton vs. Logic). I love the idea of tight integration, Apple style, and until very recently I was exclusively Apple-everything. But lately I've been feeling uneasy with that approach. Always have a backup plan and a redundant second everything (romantic partners not strictly implied in that scheme).

iCloud works great for me.  Maybe you should pull out your phone and ask Bixby to recommend a service for you.

‘Facebook now able to video monitor the insides of 50 residences simultaneously, per video call.  Cataloging all members of the residence as well as all household articles in view, and due to advanced technologies, even in reflections.’

jkichline said:

Could they make AirPod Pros that don’t cause severe chemical burns/allergic reactions inside my ear after 1-2 hours of use? 

It’s possible you have defective ears.  If you would just pull out your phone and ask Bixby to recommend an ointment...