Notes From All Over -- The Early Evening Edition -- December 7, 2020

There are simply not enough hours in the day to get everything posted. 

Exempt: NYC lock downs? SNL exempt. 

Apple: everyone is quite aware that Apple elected not to include power adapters with shipments of the new iPhone 12 models. From MacRumors tonight:

Shortly after the new iPhone 12 models launched without power adapters, Samsung shared an ad mocking Apple for not including a charging accessory. That commentary hasn't aged well, however, as there's more proof that Samsung too is planning to ditch power adapters for its next-generation smartphones. 

You don't think every company is looking for ways to squeeze an extra dime from every sale? We already talked about another revenue stream for Apple earlier today -- a combined hardware-software subscription bundle.

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Netflix: yet another winner. Coming at just the right time when stay-at-home orders are forcing folks to look at different in-home diversions. In this case: chess. From wiki: The Queen's Gambit was released on October 23, 2020. After four weeks of viewing it became Netflix's most-watched scripted miniseries.

Elon Musk: moving to Texas?

Writing on the wall: ExxonMobil will be forced to go green.