Thanks @Christian! I just noticed that this morning. I appreciate the heads up.
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Im bummed that Fitness+ doesnāt launch globally. I wonder whatās Appleās reason with that.
It seems they are only lunching in English speaking countries.
Apple TV+ has dubbing or subtitles in most places, maybe they havenāt found a good way to dub trainers?
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The thing I loved the most about the unbundling of power bricks is that that and Appleās vague promise to help suppliers become more sustainable will lead to reduced emissions by about 50,000 cars per year. Why are those two stats combined? How much does each initiative contribute to that goal? Itās possible that either the former or the latter makes no real difference at all.
I applaud the unbundling of the bricks, but that was a funny moment in the presentation.
Considering the state of the world, I will gladly take any environmental improvement by the worlds richest company.
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For sure. To be clearer, I meant āmakes no real difference at all to the 50,000 cars statistic they provided.ā It was an odd way to present that information, obscuring the real value of either (both?) working with suppliers to improve sustainability or unbundling bricks.
Welp didnāt thought of that but plausible.
Iād just like to add that the little single-port charging brick for the watch, iPhone, etc. is quite possibly one of the most useless little charging bricks in my vast stack of such items.
I would probably go so far as to say that if one were in a store that had multiple charging bricks that one could use on oneās iPhone, itās not only probable but likely that one wouldnāt choose the Apple brick.
Very inexpensive bricks - available just about anywhere that matters - offer multiple ports, higher amperages, folding prongs, and a number of other features that make them far, far more useful than the āstockā Apple stuff.
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Yes and no. Including them with the expensive ones doesnāt negate the environmental benefit of removing them from the cheaper ones, any more than the fact that their employees continue to breathe air negates Appleās progress toward the goal of being carbon neutral.
Itāll be interesting to see if The Verge gets a reply to their inquiry, but if I had to come up with a reason it might be that the Hermes or Edition watches are the most likely to be sold to somebody that winds up needing the extra charger. People that are more about fashion may be less āinto technologyā, and may not have the bin of cables most of us have.
Thatās complete speculation, of course. 
I completely agree. I love that little brick. It goes nicely in travel bags without impaling other items.
I just had to look it up. That one is much nicer than the US version, which just keeps accumulating in my cable bin since I donāt want them, nobody else wants them, and I feel a little guilty about throwing them away.
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I keep a couple with me and hand them out to fellow travelers who donāt use a checklist when packing 
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Better offloading them in this way than offloading $20 in Appleās Pocket. If you think there are many ways you can recycle them than assuming that there are tons with everyone in their cable bins.
I have made my comments many times along this thread of brick exclusion. I will just stop from commenting any now onwards. Anything I say wonāt change the decision from Apple. But it feels good to bikker about it in the MPU family. 
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Everyone complaining about having too many ābricksā must not have kids (or forgetful spouses) with phones. I have to hide my Magic Mouse charging cable in my desk so I make sure I have one complete set of brick + cable to myself.
That being said, I do applaud Apple for taking this step toward reducing waste.
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Iāve found the bricks tend to not get lost, as typically weāre not toting those around - especially for something like the watch which usually doesnāt need to be recharged during the day.
But the cables tend to break / get lost. So Iām happy as heck to have extra cables.
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