True, most realistic is probably some wireless tech that is just shy of being bad enough of a replacement to freak ppl out. It will be "good enough", look well designed and have a bunch of marketing behind it proclaiming it the second coming of Christ.

Maybe, maybe not. I don't think they started researching it now, they probably already did most of the leg work in anticipation of this years ago. I'd say they'd prefer annoying ppl with something slighlty inconvenient over giving in to USB C though. The move to all wireless without any ports was already in the works for a long time, the EU is just accelerating the pace a bit imo.

If the phone can't be charged with a wire, they don't have to use usb-c. Apple will just launch a portless phone with a proprietory wireless charger, or even better, one with a lightning port for data only that cannot be used for charging at all, and call it a day.

I do wonder about how this relates to other content, medical or not, on social media. Is it more than the norm, or less? Which are the most aggregious?

Both

If prices keep increasing the next couple cycles like they did the last 3 or so we'll be looking at 3000 - 4000 EUR for a flagship card within the decade. That is compared to the 500 they were a decade prior to now.

Pretty crazy.