Sometimes. Other times they layoff the QAs and anyone else whose job is about quality.

Usual advice is to do something else until you get motivated…but sometimes I get even less motivated

No, only the iPhone 15 pro has usb3. iPhone 15 is usb2. They have it listed that way on their site.

They didn’t steal it from Nintendo. It was a carryover from their collaboration with Sega on the Dreamcast. [link] (https://news.microsoft.com/1998/05/21/microsoft-sega-collaborate-on-dreamcast-the-ultimate-home-video-game-system/)

The platform of the fediverse may continue but the loss of community is still very much a possibility. All it takes is hostile actors manipulating their way into control of a particular community and then they can shutter it or steer it in a direction of their choosing. Every community on every server is like a Corp in Eve. It’s easy to start an alternative but the specific community will still be harmed. But that’s life.