This is the part where everything goes wrong. 3 ... 2 ... 1 ...

Me, in my head: "And what exactly were you thinking when you decided to die on the hill of not shipping internationally, even US to Canada, and then also decided not to mention your country in your for sale post?"
Reddit is weird sometimes. Also Americans are weird. No-one from any other country would post on a global social network and not even entertain the possibility of shipping globally.

My phone is not overheating. My direct touch is working. I can interact with my notifications. My iMessage and Facetime aren't randomly disabling themselves. I'm even (knock on wood) getting notifications reliably. So, I'm turning off developer beta updates. If something new and exciting exists in that beta, I look forward to trying it when I'm suitably convinced it won't do horrible things to my phone, which might just be when it's released.

It's been close to a year since I finally got a USB C iPhone, and I still keep coming to more realizations about the possibilities that arise from all my devices sharing a common standard. It really speaks to just how limiting lightning was, and how we all just went along with it because nothing better existed at the time.
The latest realization: I could find a good wired computer headset and use that instead of cheap wired earbuds. I use earbuds for the relatively good microphone quality, and because they don't sound too terrible when listening to other voices, but I'm starting to dislike them more and more. If I can find a good set of USB C earbuds or an over-the-ear USB headset, especially if the cable is USB C and has a relatively small plug, I would be willing to try replacing earpods.
I'm also just getting frustrated at the limitations that come from trying to find a 3.5mm adapter to suit every occasion. Android still doesn't power the Apple adapters properly, but most of the other adapters have more microphone leakage, or they don't support volume control, or they have too much microphone noise. It's starting to be a major annoyance, and I don't like having to think about this stuff, so I just fall back to AirPods now because the output quality is significantly better and the microphone quality is still manageable for voice. But we've had cheap computer microphone options for years, and I wonder if we can adapt that to all mobile devices now.

I usually shop at Walmart instead of our local Loblaw store, and now I remember why. Compared to Walmart (which already doesn't have in-store prices on Instacart), Superstore has my typical items marked up anywhere from 20 to 50%. Some of the cheaper items have gone up in price by almost 50% from where they were a couple of years ago. I'll be shopping there as rarely as possible now. It's not like Walmart is a well-intentioned charitable company, but at this point it feels like everything is evil and I'll take whichever one charges me the least.