inkling

Whizville said:

What the author of this article seems to gloss over that the iPod was discontinued because the iPhone did everything and iPod does and more. 

That's exactly my experience. I quit buying iPods when I realized that I could get a used iPhone that did everything an iPod did and more for less money.

Apple's Eddy Cue is guessing that the iPhone will eventually be replaced by AI

Did Eddie Cue miss his medications that day? The only way AI will replace phones, including iPhones, is if we all quit talking to one another and spend our time conversing with AI bots. I doubt that will happen, and I wonder about the sanity much less good sense of those who claim otherwise.

You might also mention Elevation Lab's 10-year waterproof battery case for AirTags. It adapts an AirTag to use long-lived AA lithium batteries. That's particularly useful for tracing valuable gear such as photography equipment since you need not worry about that little CR2032 going dead at the wrong time. It also doesn't look like an AirTag, which can fool thieves. The cost is reasonable enough it can be covered by not having to replace that button battery every year.

There are practical reasons why Amazon might have deferred posting the cost of tariffs.

(1). The tariff rates keep jumping around, depending on Trump's whims. Constant revisions of those figures could get expensive.

(2) Some of what's being sold is pre-tariff stock. How can the pre- and post-costs be merged? No practical way.

(3) Unpredictable future tariffs and costs may lead some to raise prices in anticipation of what may come. Better to lose sales than lose money on sales.

Those concerned about getting a ball-park figure about the increases might check out Camelcamelcamel.com. It keeps a historic record of Amazon prices that'll allow rough before and after comparisons.

There are almost always ways to work around censorship.

Here's RFE's home page: https://about.rferl.org/service/russian-service/

Here's RFE's suggestions for getting around blocking: https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-censorship-vpn-reporting/31737775.html