I worked at Apple when iPhone became available at Verizon (huge US telecom).

Apple was set up for this huge launch and expected crowds of people. The store was way overstaffed that day and pretty uneventful.

One guy came up and asked us where the Verizon store was 😂 when someone told them we could do all the account stuff in the Apple Store I think he still chose to go to Verizon.

Anyway, that’s just an example to highlight your point.

I took a look to see what they had going on. I noticed that even with discounts, the products still seemed expensive.

Like, why is an ereader still like $80?

Tablets are way overpriced, especially when you compare an Android tablet to the latest iPad.

The price of everything needs to come down a lot.

I’ve been lucky with this particular flight before having the entire row, but it’s been years and I’m doing a different airline this time, so hopefully it plays out the same way.

Hoping my flight to visit the US this fall has empty seats.

(I’m a US citizen who has not been back to the states for over 5 years. Going to visit family and meet 2 of my sister’s children.)

P.S. it feels like I need this disclaimer to explain why I would go there.

Thanks for this list. I am interested to learn more about many of them.

I love Metroidvanias, I’ll check out fist tomorrow. Prey might be cool for a plane ride too.

I actually have that game and have never even finished the tutorial. Would you recommend I just go blind or do I need to watch some How to video to get started?

I like most stuff, just hoping to find some hidden gems in the comments here.

Thanks! I’ll do that. Even though I grew up with these old games, I’m spoiled by new ones.

I’ve never been on a long flight like this without charging outlets in the plane, so I don’t think it will be a problem.

Yeah! I’ll look into civ 7, but maybe I’ll just stick with civ 5 or 6

Thanks! I have about 750gb of space for games, so I’m going to make sure I’m loaded with options.

I really want to get into Minecraft but every time I open it I don’t know what to do but dig a hole directly down into the ground. Is there some guide on how to play the game or something to understand it better?

Thanks! I’ve been meaning to try and figure out what Minecraft is about and I don’t even think about the truck simulators, I’ve been curious about them.

I just checked and the prices were about the same or slightly higher.

I don’t think travel insurance works that way.

It’s usually for predefined reasons, like natural disasters, pandemics and stuff.

So, I’d double check the policy and what you’re allowed to cancel for.

I’m afraid to check ticket prices again as I would hate to see them much cheaper than before.

I’m a us citizen and will be visiting for the first time in 6 years to see my family.

I’m hoping I will have an empty seat next to me as the flight is like 14 hours.

I respect owning the funny typo.

I think you misunderstood my comment.

I’m saying that Joe Rogan fell for the lies told while campaigning.

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Seems like it could be fun. I’ll give it a try.