Which raises the question. If the government really cared about kids why couldn't they fund the ISPs to have an opt in service to ban social media or implement these controls?
I don't mind the new outlook. The meeting notifications are far less intrusive. You can update a meeting without spamming new emails. The simplified views do 95%of what I use it for. The calendar view is easier to read.
Everyone will hate this but whatever, internal company email is dead. It causes more issues than solutions. Phishing, spam, malware, etc. It's legacy tech.
The new outlook client is linking it with more modern medium specific communication such as loop, teams, sharepoint online, one drive etc.
Scrum is iterative and incremental. While you plan a sprint, you loosely plan an increment and using the estimates and velocity, project where you will land.
It can be useful to know you're not going to make the 6 month project 3 months in. So you can readjust expectations or abandon the project entirely.
People will listen if you have evidence and the team on your side. Arguably this all depends on your project, culture and product.
Fine just doesn't cut it for a premium machine you expect to last a few years at least. It's honestly just marketed so you want to spend extra and upgrade. Let's be real.