I stand corrected, Apple News is not available here, so I've missed that. But ads on their own properties, still.

I’m not convinced the screen material is as resistant to wear than a solid glass sheet, so I’m not rushing to buy one. But in theory, it’d be nice.

To be fair, Apple’s own apps advertise only their own stuff within their own apps. This can of course change, so pre-emptive action is fine, but this is the lets-make-it-shittier-for-users way.

All the advertisers applauding, now they can get back to their shady business again

It makes more sense than opening up to a square, and is less fiddly than the tri-folds. As for why; larger 16:9 video views, side-by-side multitasking, faux laptop configuration with keyboard on one screen…what else would this be fun/useful for?

-webkit-backdrop-filter: glassEffect?

Considering there are about 9000 of them, one would expect all kinds of failures, especially if the batteries are volatile at all

Health data,with the EU in particular merit close attention to legal detail to be sure, I'd guess.

(Don’t forget the empty roll tube)

Not available in all markets, though. (Finland in my case)

GPS (and the associated Galileo and Glonass) is only a receiver, so just having it on doesn't help in tracking anyone down. Nothing is sent. The OS or an app would have to collect the data and be accessible to the authorities.

Somebody must have automated this, but I'll look into that next

While I’ve set chatGPT to ”professional”, I find having a little personality helps me treat it like someone with flaws. That friend who ”read a study once”. Sounding all efficient would lull me into trusting it.