iPhone 12 Redux

iPhone 12

The $829 iPhone 12 has proven to be a big disappointment. The hardware is fantastic, but the shitty battery was obviously a major compromise. Currently, battery health is registering at 93% (dropping about 1% per week). At that rate, the battery will be considered “seriously degraded” in a couple of months. Then, a $70 battery replacement will be needed. There is a one-year warranty, but the process is rather subjective.

Thus, all measures to preserve battery health have been abandoned (with the exception of critical privacy options, the suppression of annoying features, and the deletion of shitty system “apps”). The device will no longer be powered off at night. The only downtime will be the weekly “soft” reset. Battery charging will be performed daily. “Airplane mode” will still be fastidiously applied when the device is not in use. Alas, perhaps a return to a cheap and disposable “smartphone” is in order.

Reliance on the iPhone 12 has been reduced anyway. Perusing the news, including alternative news aggregators, is becoming a moot activity. There really is no way to determine whether any report is fact or fiction. Most of that crap is “fake news.”

And, as stated previously in Notes, the Spankbang site has become moot. Aside from the formulaic tediousness, the “thick” genre has really “gained traction.” There’s “thick,” and then there’s “THICK.” Sheesh!