Hide My Email, Apple Upgrade, and mass iPhone 18 Pro production, on the AppleInsider Podcast

The Hide My Email failure is real but nowhere near as significant to users as it's being portrayed, Apple is hiking so many prices yet looking at ways to make that palatable, plus Foxconn has begun its annual recruitment drive as it begins producing millions of new iPhones, all on the AppleInsider Podcast.
There was an issue with Hide My Email.
It's been painted as a big security failing by Apple, and it definitely isn't good. But even if someone does manage to circumvent your use of Hide My Ema