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[SPEAKER_00]: Welcome to the OFN Tea Podcast.
[SPEAKER_00]: A show mainly about tech and other topics and how their influence effects are host.
[SPEAKER_00]: Now here is Jim Schaffer.
[SPEAKER_03]: Welcome to the OFN Tea Podcast episode 312.
[SPEAKER_03]: Jump calling, falling numbers, ill host, help my audience numbers are falling, just like the U.S. stock market, so are you doing, hopefully better than his podcast, all right, I get it.
[SPEAKER_03]: On with the show,
[SPEAKER_03]: Tech News.
[SPEAKER_03]: Over the time I've been doing this podcast some seven years now, I've always expressed my admiration for the hardware of Samsung's Galaxy Vones.
[SPEAKER_03]: It's a software that I have always had a problem with.
[SPEAKER_03]: The last time I had a Galaxy phone, which granted was a long time ago, it arrived with a bunch of software I didn't ask for, or, wound up using.
[SPEAKER_03]: You got your standard Android apps along with Samsung's own version of those standard Android apps.
[SPEAKER_03]: If I'm recalling correctly, there's no way to delete these Samsung apps.
[SPEAKER_03]: Besides taking a precious storage space, which was even more precious back in those days, the Galaxy phones I used would start slowing down to the point where they became unusable.
[SPEAKER_03]: rightly or wrongly I blame the Samsung apps for this.
[SPEAKER_03]: I switched over to first the Google Nexus phones, then the Google Pixel series of phones.
[SPEAKER_03]: I tried the Nexus 1 but really didn't like that model.
[SPEAKER_03]: My favorite Nexus of them all was the Nexus 6 made by pre-lanover-owned Motorola.
[SPEAKER_03]: That phone was everything I wanted.
[SPEAKER_03]: I especially like the width of it, which enable me to bang out text messages in the like using both hands, which really sped things up for me.
[SPEAKER_03]: From there I briefly had the Huawei-made Nexus 6P, but I considered a step down from the 6.
[SPEAKER_03]: I eventually pass that phone onto a family member where the 6p die day violent death while charging one night.
[SPEAKER_03]: It started smoking and then literally blew up.
[SPEAKER_03]: First pixel phone I used with the Pixel 2.
[SPEAKER_03]: I enjoyed this phone because of its smaller size.
[SPEAKER_03]: When the Pixel 3 was introduced, I knew I had upgrade.
[SPEAKER_03]: I used that phone for three years as my work phone.
[SPEAKER_03]: It never gave me any problems and I especially liked its build quality.
[SPEAKER_03]: When I retired, I no longer had a need for a work phone.
[SPEAKER_03]: And the Pixel 3, like myself, went off into retirement.
[SPEAKER_03]: And that pixel was my last Android phone.
[SPEAKER_03]: That's a very long time ago in smartphone years.
[SPEAKER_03]: Yes, it is.
[SPEAKER_03]: I've been tempted over the years to jump back into the world of Android VA pixel phone, but I just can't justify it.
[SPEAKER_03]: Now back to Samsung Galaxy phones after that slight historical detour.
[SPEAKER_03]: I've heard over the years, Samsung cleaned up their act by deep loading their Galaxy lineup.
[SPEAKER_03]: But a recent article which appeared on Android Authority.com as
[SPEAKER_03]: The headline of the article reads, quote, Samsung's $1,300 S26 Ultra Flagship as a blowware problem, unquote.
[SPEAKER_03]: The S26 being Samsung's latest and greatest galaxy phone.
[SPEAKER_03]: I thought while reading the headline that the bloat was most likely caused by AI loaded onto the phone, like Gemini, Bixby, Galaxy, and Proplexity.
[SPEAKER_03]: While certainly he contributing to the bloat, it was the list of third-party software pre-loaded as well as the duplication of apps that was responsible for the majority of this bloat.
[SPEAKER_03]: As I mentioned before, Samsung evidently is still duplicating apps.
[SPEAKER_03]: You have the Google Play Store as well as the Galaxy App Store, two digital assistants, Gemini and Bixby, two browsers, Samsung and Chrome, two email apps, Gmail and Outlook, and also two cloud storage solutions, Google Drive and Microsoft's OneDrive.
[SPEAKER_03]: The list of third party apps that come pre-installed on E Galaxy S26 is extensive.
[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, Facebook and Instagram.
[SPEAKER_03]: MS365 co-pilot.
[SPEAKER_03]: LinkedIn and Spotify.
[SPEAKER_03]: There's even more that I won't even bother mentioning here.
[SPEAKER_03]: When you first boot up your new Galaxy S26 Ultra, 40 of the base 512 gigabytes of storage is already taken up without any user data or user downloaded apps.
[SPEAKER_03]: We've seen this type of bloatware on budget phones, but you're being charged a premium price for the S26 Ultra.
[SPEAKER_03]: Now people like you and I would know to go in and delete the apps that we don't want, if allowed to do so.
[SPEAKER_03]: But what about the average consumer?
[SPEAKER_03]: They don't want to be bothered having to clean up unwanted apps from their brand new phones.
[SPEAKER_03]: Heck, they might not even know how to do so.
[SPEAKER_03]: Once the user data is added to the mix, all this blotware and duplicating of apps will eventually serve to slow down the phone.
[SPEAKER_02]: Just like in the old days, perhaps that's being the plan all alone.
[SPEAKER_03]: You might be on to something there.
[SPEAKER_03]: If I were to buy an Android phone, I would at this point anyway, I would choose a pixel.
[SPEAKER_03]: and speaking of Android phones, in between the Nexus and Pixel phones I've used in the past, I rocked a OnePlus 3T.
[SPEAKER_03]: Unlike other Android phones of the era, the 3T received prompt operating system updates and had a great display and was built like a tank.
[SPEAKER_03]: At the time, OnePlus phones already had a good reputation.
[SPEAKER_03]: But Carl Pace told me on the 3T we introduced it during a Facebook
[SPEAKER_03]: The only reason I gave that phone up was because a family member was in dire need of a cell phone.
[SPEAKER_03]: They used the 3T for years until coming to the dark side.
[SPEAKER_03]: Well Carl Pay moved on and founded the Nothing Company and has launched a number of phones over the years.
[SPEAKER_03]: I have been tempted over those years to pick up a Nothing Phone, but unlike the one-plus models he previously helped to launch, they didn't seem to check all the boxes for me.
[SPEAKER_03]: Some nothing-foam models are just plain weird looking, and some have some pretty sketchy, software, reloaded on them that users can't delete.
[SPEAKER_03]: I've covered this in the past on this podcast.
[SPEAKER_03]: A number of nothing-foams use media tech chips in according to Android Authority.com.
[SPEAKER_03]: Security researchers were able to break into a nothing-the-CMF-1 in just 45 seconds.
[SPEAKER_03]: They were able to accomplish this by taking advantage of media text reliance on a trusted execution environment which is built into the company's chips and controlled by software.
[SPEAKER_03]: Because of the security layer being built into the CPU itself, the researchers were able to exploit a flaw and extract the phone's pin, decrypted storage and extract all data.
[SPEAKER_03]: And that was before the phone even hooded up Android.
[SPEAKER_03]: Now that's impressive.
[SPEAKER_03]: And scary.
[SPEAKER_03]: Remember, you pay one way or another for convenience.
[SPEAKER_03]: MediaTex says that issued a fix for this flaw in January of this year, but the genie is already out of the model, isn't it?
[SPEAKER_03]: MediaTex chips are the choice for manufacturers who cater to the low-end, mid-range Android phone market, so millions of these MediaTex powered Android phones are potentially in danger of being hacked using this method.
[SPEAKER_01]: MediaTex has already released a fix for this
[SPEAKER_03]: Because many of the manufacturers in this segment of the market don't have the cash flow of the big boys.
[SPEAKER_03]: So they don't have the means nor the incentive to push out this update for users of these phones.
[SPEAKER_03]: So, buyer's beware.
[SPEAKER_03]: Do you remember Google's answer to Apple's FaceTime?
[SPEAKER_03]: The dual app?
[SPEAKER_01]: Yes, no.
[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, I hardly do.
[SPEAKER_03]: I made exactly one duo video call when it first arrived, and that was to my son in order to test a new app out.
[SPEAKER_03]: 9 to 5 google.com reports that all traces of the duo app is a gone now, joining the ever expanding list of apps at the Big G has abandoned.
[SPEAKER_03]: Now here's some trivia for ya.
[SPEAKER_03]: Did you recall duo's companion messaging app, Allow?
[SPEAKER_02]: What?
[SPEAKER_02]: No.
[SPEAKER_03]: Exactly.
[SPEAKER_03]: The app went away in 2019.
[SPEAKER_03]: Both duo and L.O.
[SPEAKER_03]: were Google's attempt to replace Hangouts, which had all messaging consolidated into one app.
[SPEAKER_03]: Hangouts was my favorite Google app of all time.
[SPEAKER_03]: Everything you need to communicate with someone was all right there in one place.
[SPEAKER_03]: Imagine that.
[SPEAKER_03]: I've never understood why Google was so keen to get rid of it.
[SPEAKER_03]: But then again, what do I really know?
[SPEAKER_03]: Apparently, not much at all.
[SPEAKER_03]: Agreed.
[SPEAKER_03]: Duo was released along with Allow back in 2016, but was merged with Google Meet in 2022, but unbeknownst to me, some legacy Duo features the remained via Meet.
[SPEAKER_03]: Those legacy features were placed within the Meet titled Duo Calling Card.
[SPEAKER_03]: The legacy features were moments, data saving mode, and low light mode.
[SPEAKER_03]: Over this past week, all those legacy features have been removed from the Meet app, which wipes out the last traces of the Duo app.
[SPEAKER_03]: Google Meet is a good product which I use extensively during the bad old days of the COVID lockdowns in order to keep in contact with fellow workers and supervisors.
[SPEAKER_03]: Most of my fellow workers at the time had Android phones and these supervisors were issued Samsung Workphones.
[SPEAKER_03]: By the time I retired, most co-workers had switched over to the iPhone and supervisors were just starting to be issued iPhones to replace those Samsung Workphones.
[SPEAKER_03]: Oh well, I who knows.
[SPEAKER_03]: Perhaps Google will bring back hangouts in the future.
[SPEAKER_03]: Last episode I reported on Ecaruna, a COR UNA, exploit, which took a advantage of older Apple devices by chaining vulnerabilities in the security layers of older iOS versions.
[SPEAKER_03]: Ecaruna exploit was reported by Google's threatened intelligence group.
[SPEAKER_03]: iOS 13 through 17.2.1, as well as iPadOS were susceptible to this exploit.
[SPEAKER_03]: I posited at the time that Apple would release an update for these older devices and came to the conclusion that it depended on the device.
[SPEAKER_03]: If the device was still in-wide use, when it's according to some metric that only Apple knows, then they would patch it.
[SPEAKER_03]: Well, this past week Apple released a slew of iOS updates for those older phones and iPads.
[SPEAKER_03]: According to nine to five Mac.com, these updates will negate the corona exploit.
[SPEAKER_03]: Apple may not keep up to date on current security threats aimed towards their operating system, once they're brought to their attention.
[SPEAKER_03]: The company takes swift action.
[SPEAKER_03]: My son, who uses my old second-generation iPad Pro, tells me that he
[SPEAKER_03]: Nine to five Mac.com is an article which details Apple's move to diversify their manufacturing base.
[SPEAKER_03]: I've been harping on this for years.
[SPEAKER_03]: It just doesn't make good business since I have everything centered in one area or country.
[SPEAKER_03]: In this case China, the goal was a split production of the company's devices between India and China.
[SPEAKER_03]: This 50-50 goal was lagging though.
[SPEAKER_03]: What the tariffs and bows by President Trump has incentivized Apple to pick up the pace?
[SPEAKER_03]: Starting with the iPhone 17, launch production took place in both countries.
[SPEAKER_03]: It's unlike previous iPhone models, where all the launch production took place within China.
[SPEAKER_03]: According to Bloomberg, you mean Bloomberg's Mark German.
[SPEAKER_03]: No, just plain old Bloomberg this time.
[SPEAKER_03]: Anyway, according to them, India was responsible for 25% of launch damage manufacturing, so Apple is still only half way to that 50-50 goal.
[SPEAKER_03]: But hey, it's a start.
[SPEAKER_03]: For what I hear, China is throwing as many roadblocks as they can in order to sabotage where at least slow down this process.
[SPEAKER_03]: Also, it costs more for Apple Manufactur iPhones in India, because the country has strictor labor laws in China has.
[SPEAKER_03]: Apple is trying to offset these costs by negotiating tax breaks within India.
[SPEAKER_03]: Well, this is good news, but I'm afraid when the current administration leaves in a couple of years, the tariffs will leave with them and Apple will again totally rely on China for manufacturing devices.
[SPEAKER_03]: These sets would happen last time.
[SPEAKER_03]: According to an article from AppleInsider.com, a new Apple Leaker has made an entrance onto social media platform X, and he's brought with him supposed CAD drawings for the iPhone fold.
[SPEAKER_03]: Though there have been previous leaks of iPhone fold CAD drawings back in December of last year, new Leaker Sunni Dixon, the campus real name.
[SPEAKER_03]: As brought with him two more supposed cat drawings that confirmed December's leak.
[SPEAKER_03]: Looking at these drawings, we can see an iPhone Air-style camera island around back, with the addition of an extra lens.
[SPEAKER_03]: When unfolded, a pinhole-style selfie camera is revealed on the upper left-hand side.
[SPEAKER_03]: No main display side was shown.
[SPEAKER_03]: Now I don't know if it's the drawing or not, but when folded the phone appears to be wider than usual, which I'd be down with as the cool kid say.
[SPEAKER_03]: This may be the result of some sort of distortion in the photo of the drawing though.
[SPEAKER_03]: I have no interest in this foldable phone and even my lovely wife has lost interest in it.
[SPEAKER_03]: And response my bank account has let out a sigh of relief.
[SPEAKER_03]: Expect leaks about this incoming iPhone fold to start ramping up and late spring before reaching a fever pitch levels in the summer.
[SPEAKER_03]: MacRomers.com, quoting Rising Waybowl Liquor, Digital Chat Station, Now Vatsonai worthy of a Teclica, claims that the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro will not be getting a smaller dynamic island.
[SPEAKER_03]: That runs contrary to reports from other Apple liquors who, back in January, were bombarding social media with rumors that the 18 Pro would feature a slimmer or smaller dynamic island.
[SPEAKER_03]: The article comes to the same conclusion that I've arrived at
[SPEAKER_01]: Well, what is your conclusion then?
[SPEAKER_01]: Inquiring minds would like to know.
[SPEAKER_03]: My conclusion is an Apple will save all the cool updates for the 20th anniversary edition of the iPhone, which is due to arrive in late 2027.
[SPEAKER_03]: Of all the products Apple has announced recently the MacBook Neo is getting most of the attention from everybody.
[SPEAKER_03]: Take out let's all agree that this phone chip powered laptop will disrupt the entire market.
[SPEAKER_03]: And that the now-old A18 Pro chip blows away many Windows based laptops which use the latest top-of-the-line Intel chips.
[SPEAKER_03]: I think this opinion is mainly driven by the recent Windows operating hate.
[SPEAKER_03]: The MacBook Neo has overshadowed another product that was recently released.
[SPEAKER_03]: That's the iPhone 17E.
[SPEAKER_03]: I'm a fan of the E-series phones and I put my money where my mouth is by purchasing two iPhone 16E's as gifts for my family members last year.
[SPEAKER_03]: The E-series gives you all the phone you really need without those wild features that everyone thinks they need, but seldom use, if at all.
[SPEAKER_03]: If Apple could somehow lower the price from its current $599 to let's say $499, then the E-series would totally disrupt the smartphone market.
[SPEAKER_03]: Even Android tech sites are realizing how good of a phone the new 17E is.
[SPEAKER_03]: This is evidenced by a recent article from Android Authority.com that compares the 17E to Google's Pixel 10A.
[SPEAKER_03]: The author points out that the 17E is superior to the 10A in many respects, especially the inclusion of Max Afe,
[SPEAKER_03]: The saving grace for the Pixel 10A is its price, $499.
[SPEAKER_03]: The 10A has some other advantages, too.
[SPEAKER_03]: A brighter display with a 120Hz refresh rate versus the Paul Tv60Hz of the 17E's display.
[SPEAKER_03]: The author also thinks that the Pixel 10A is more modern-looking, but that's subjective.
[SPEAKER_03]: I wonder if Apple will update the display of next year's 18E with a brighter screen?
[SPEAKER_03]: A 120Hz display rate in a dynamic island, while keeping the same price.
[SPEAKER_03]: Combined with the base 256 gigs of storage, which was introduced with this year's 17E, in my opinion, Apple will dominate the mid-tier smartphone market.
[SPEAKER_03]: What do you think?
[SPEAKER_03]: Tech I'm using.
[SPEAKER_03]: I'm still trying to shake this mystery on this, I somehow acquired a couple of weeks ago.
[SPEAKER_03]: Symptoms have been brain fogged, slight fevers, sleepiness, and as of yesterday, soreness.
[SPEAKER_03]: I do have a slight cough, but my respiratory system seems generally fine.
[SPEAKER_03]: It certainly put the cobosh and thinks I've wanted to accomplish.
[SPEAKER_03]: I did manage this which back to using a mechanical keyboard though.
[SPEAKER_01]: Well, that's quite the accomplishment.
[SPEAKER_01]: What did that entail?
[SPEAKER_01]: Taking the mechanical keyboard out and putting the magic keyboard away?
[SPEAKER_03]: Hey, the way I've been feeling lately was quite the accomplishment.
[SPEAKER_03]: I've only managed to work out twice last week.
[SPEAKER_03]: I usually exercise every day.
[SPEAKER_03]: My lovely wife, who's still away, thinks that I have been hitting the cardio and kettlebells too hard.
[SPEAKER_03]: She's usually right about these sort of things, so I've completely laid off of it over the weekend.
[SPEAKER_03]: I'll attempt to get back into the groove tomorrow morning.
[SPEAKER_03]: We'll see how that goes.
[SPEAKER_03]: I usually feel okay when I first get out of bed, but my early afternoon if you've returned along with other symptoms.
[SPEAKER_03]: All my tech has been thankfully working as it should be, and I haven't added any new tech.
[SPEAKER_03]: In reality, I really don't need any new tech.
[SPEAKER_03]: The only thing I can see myself purchasing in the future is a US-made Mac Mini.
[SPEAKER_03]: But that's a while off, most likely in two years.
[SPEAKER_03]: Then again, my old Beats fit pros are given me problems.
[SPEAKER_03]: For some reason, the right earbud of the pair doesn't consistently charge.
[SPEAKER_03]: And when it does, it doesn't hold that charge very long.
[SPEAKER_03]: The new model of these ear buds, now called Power Beats Fit, go for two-on-a-books on Amazon.
[SPEAKER_03]: You can score a pair of AirPods Pro for that price when they're on sale.
[SPEAKER_03]: Why don't you just use your AirPods while exercising then?
[SPEAKER_03]: Because I can't get them to a pair of my Peloton Bike no matter what I try.
[SPEAKER_03]: If I'm up to it I'll try and pair them sometime next week.
[SPEAKER_03]: Other than that, I've got nothing.
[SPEAKER_03]: entertainment news.
[SPEAKER_03]: Amazon's Prime Video used to be one of my favorite streaming services.
[SPEAKER_03]: Prime Video's initial roster of original shows was quite good.
[SPEAKER_03]: Prime Video also came gratis with your Amazon Prime Membership.
[SPEAKER_03]: I already don't like where this is heading.
[SPEAKER_03]: First, Amazon increased the price of the Prime Membership in that hurt.
[SPEAKER_03]: And then last year Amazon removed Dolby Vision and Atmos.
[SPEAKER_03]: But wait.
[SPEAKER_03]: For just $2.99 per month, well you can get rid of those pesky ants and again experience Dolby Vision and Atmos.
[SPEAKER_03]: Well, it's a new year and Amazon has removed 4K UHD from the base prime video tier.
[SPEAKER_03]: Not only that, to get back all those deleted features,
[SPEAKER_03]: That's over a 50% increase in price.
[SPEAKER_03]: I don't watch much on Amazon Prime these days, basically just fall out in the boys.
[SPEAKER_03]: Now I wouldn't be willing to fork out extra money if Amazon would also throw any subscription to MGM Plus, which as I've pointed out in the past.
[SPEAKER_03]: Amazon owns, but has chosen to keep separate.
[SPEAKER_03]: These streaming services are killing consumers while it's akin to death by 1,000 cuts.
[SPEAKER_03]: These changes take effect in April, and that's according to an email I receive from Amazon recently.
[SPEAKER_03]: Quoting the Hollywood Reporter, 9.5 Ghoul.com reports that YouTube is now the largest media company in the world.
[SPEAKER_03]: It's even bigger than Disney Plus.
[SPEAKER_03]: Most of my television viewing is done on YouTube so I can see this as being true.
[SPEAKER_03]: However, I just see this as further proof as legacy media's propensity of shoving out garbage for us to consume over the last decade or so.
[SPEAKER_03]: Rayleigh are their new television series or movies I would like to watch being produced these days.
[SPEAKER_01]: Well, you're as they say, getting long in the tooth.
[SPEAKER_03]: These productions aren't meant for you, it's not just me, people of all ages agree with me.
[SPEAKER_03]: I've said it many times before and I'll probably say it again many more times.
[SPEAKER_03]: Until Hollywood starts hiring better writers, they will continue seeing new series in movies flop.
[SPEAKER_03]: Disney its closest competitor had 60 billion.
[SPEAKER_03]: Of that 62 billion YouTube made last year, 40 billion was earned through advertisements and speaking of ads on YouTube.
[SPEAKER_03]: As I reported on last week's overflow episode, YouTube introduced a 32nd ad that can't be dismissed on its iOS and Android apps.
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm the one who reported that story during last week's Overflow episode.
[SPEAKER_03]: Yes, you, sure did.
[SPEAKER_03]: My apologies.
[SPEAKER_03]: That unskippable 32nd advertisement has also been added to YouTube's television app.
[SPEAKER_03]: So far, I haven't heard of any ad-blocker updates that can defeat this newly introduced unskippable
[SPEAKER_03]: Who had headlines like, YouTube on TV becomes insufferable with new unskippable ads, and using YouTube for free as we knew it is dead.
[SPEAKER_03]: Those were both from Android Authority.
[SPEAKER_03]: We also had YouTube has launched a 30 second unskippable TV ad, what will you do?
[SPEAKER_03]: And that was from 95Google.com.
[SPEAKER_03]: On the bright side, at least YouTube seems to have gotten rid of most of the AI slot that had started taking over my algorithm.
[SPEAKER_03]: You really are an optimist, aren't you?
[SPEAKER_03]: I try to be.
[SPEAKER_03]: But why do I get the feeling that eventually, ads will be introduced to the paid premium tier of YouTube?
[SPEAKER_03]: Before you think or say it, yes, I do monetize this podcast with ads.
[SPEAKER_03]: Okay.
[SPEAKER_03]: What's on April 15th?
[SPEAKER_03]: Um, spring?
[SPEAKER_03]: No, it's when income taxes do.
[SPEAKER_03]: Now, let's say, good way to lower what I owe to the internal revenue service.
[SPEAKER_03]: Let me think.
[SPEAKER_03]: Right, Ophs?
[SPEAKER_03]: Now you're getting it.
[SPEAKER_03]: oddcast news.
[SPEAKER_03]: Edison research released a report last week claiming that 81% of Americans aged 12 or more and had some 23 million people.
[SPEAKER_03]: Have listened to online audio, mostly podcast last month.
[SPEAKER_03]: With 76%, that's a 219 million people having listened to online audio within the last week.
[SPEAKER_03]: The over 55-year-old demographic was the largest driver of these latest increases.
[SPEAKER_03]: Jumping nearly 20 percentage points from 52% to 70% in just two years.
[SPEAKER_02]: Oh great, I guess we'll be hearing more ads from pharmaceutical companies in the future.
[SPEAKER_03]: probably.
[SPEAKER_03]: Overall, podcast consumption has set new records.
[SPEAKER_02]: Well, except for this podcast, which is still shrinking, perhaps you should replace the host.
[SPEAKER_02]: I hear Roy Saw Bentley is available.
[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, about that.
[SPEAKER_03]: The overflow episode you hosted last week has been done as well as expected.
[SPEAKER_03]: In fact, it's the lowest rated of the 4 overflow episodes released so far, that's just helpful.
[SPEAKER_03]: And don't take it personally, all new episode numbers are tanking.
[SPEAKER_03]: I'm blaming it on the current world situation, you know, wars and rumors of wars.
[SPEAKER_03]: Seriously though, my European audience numbers have dropped off since the start of the new year for some reason.
[SPEAKER_03]: The music is playing, and we're under a tornado watch here in Tennessee.
[SPEAKER_03]: That's a fitting end to a not so great week.
[SPEAKER_03]: I hope you enjoyed this episode.
[SPEAKER_03]: I enjoyed making it for you.
[SPEAKER_03]: If you like what you heard, well, you can make a donation using the link in the show notes.
[SPEAKER_03]: Any and all donations will be greatly appreciated.
[SPEAKER_03]: You could always reach me at OFNTpodcast at gmail.com if you're so inclined.
[SPEAKER_03]: I'd enjoy hearing from you.
[SPEAKER_03]: Remember, don't listen to what they say.
[SPEAKER_03]: Watch what they do.
[SPEAKER_03]: Unless you're a Stormchaser, I'd recommend you get off my lawn.
[SPEAKER_03]: Stay skeptical.
[SPEAKER_03]: Ahhhh, I'm out.
[SPEAKER_03]: See ya.
[SPEAKER_01]: And that folks is the end of the show.