Cookie Law Crumbles 🍪📉

Biz Analyst Club Newsletter

by The Business Model Analyst

Hello, Biz Enthusiasts!
The EU is trying to kill the cookie monster it accidentally created, Apple’s thinnest iPhone still manages to stay fixable (miracle!), and Taylor Swift just announced a secret movie that will probably outgross entire startups. Meanwhile, X admitted staff were offered bribes to bring back scam accounts (yes, that’s as shady as it sounds). Let’s dive in before the internet gets even weirder.

Hot Takes 🚀

1. EU Wants to Finally End the Cookie Banner Nightmare 🍪🙄
Remember those annoying cookie pop-ups you instantly close without reading? Turns out Europe now admits… it overdid it. Regulators are plotting a fix that could let you set cookie preferences once and never again. Maybe 2025 is the year you can browse the web without a finger workout.
👉 See how Brussels wants to fix the internet’s most hated pop-up

2. iPhone Air Is Razor-Thin — But Still Repairable 📱🔧
At 5.6mm, the iPhone Air is Apple’s slimmest phone yet, but iFixit says you can still swap batteries easily. In fact, the battery’s the same as the $99 MagSafe pack. Translation: your “ultra-thin” phone basically ships with its own spare tire.
👉 Peek inside Apple’s skinniest iPhone

3. X Staff Offered Bribes to Revive Scam Accounts 💸🐍
Crypto scammers tried bribing X employees to reinstate banned accounts. The company admits it — but won’t say if anyone took the cash. The group behind it (“The Com”) has ties to over 120 cyberattacks. Just another Tuesday on the internet.
👉 Read the shady details of X’s bribery scandal

4. Taylor Swift’s Secret Movie Hits Theaters 🎤🎬
Surprise: Taylor Swift has a new 89-minute film The Life of a Showgirl, dropping Oct 3 in AMC theaters. Expect a new music video, lyric videos, and behind-the-scenes content. Translation: Swifties are about to crash AMC’s ticketing site again.
👉 Get the details on Swift’s secret film

5. ChatGPT vs Claude: How People Really Use Them 🤖📊
OpenAI and Anthropic studied their users. Turns out ChatGPT is everyone’s brainstorming buddy (essays, marketing, tutoring), while Claude is more the enterprise workhorse (coding, automation, bulk document tasks). TL;DR: ChatGPT is vibes, Claude is spreadsheets.
👉 See the big split in AI usage

Strategy Deep Dive

Quick Hits 📰

• Shein Opens Supply Network: Smaller brands can now use Shein’s super-fast supply chain (via its new “Xcelerator” program).
  👉 How Shein turned its supply chain into a product

• Porsche Backtracks on EVs: Weak demand means Porsche is delaying EV launches and doubling down on hybrids.
  👉 Why Porsche hit the brakes on EVs

• UPS Adds Holiday Surcharges: More fees coming for imports/exports during peak season. Rival FedEx is doing it too.
  👉 Check out UPS’s new shipping surcharges

• Splenda Buys SlimFast: Heartland Foods (Splenda) snapped up SlimFast, despite diet shakes losing ground to GLP-1 drugs.
  👉 SlimFast joins the Splenda family

• Alibaba Chases Amazon Brands: AliExpress is courting Amazon sellers with lower fees and shipping perks.
  👉 Alibaba’s new push against Amazon

• Amazon Faces Prime Trial: A Seattle jury will decide if Amazon tricked people into signing up for Prime.
  👉 Why Prime is headed to court

• Buffett Exits BYD: Berkshire fully sold its long-time stake in Chinese EV maker BYD — a 3,890% gain since 2008.
  👉 See how Buffett cashed out big

• Teen Gaming Addiction?: Research says boys spend more time gaming than in school. Parents worry it’s the new smoking.
  👉 Is gaming the next public health crisis?

• Windows 11 Adds More Copilot: A new “Share with Copilot” button can analyze your active window instantly.
  👉 See Microsoft’s latest Copilot tricks

• The Antfluencer Economy: A Filipino pop singer built a million-dollar empire from… ant farms.
  👉 Meet the man who turned ants into a business

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