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No it is my opinion but a reasonable conclusion to come to. --> Battery wear is a measure of device age, or a good proxy for that in most cases. --> Apple want
by hoodoof 9y ago
No it is my opinion but a reasonable conclusion to come to.
--> Battery wear is a measure of device age, or a good proxy for that in most cases. --> Apple wants people to keep upgrading their hardware --> primary reason to upgrade is old, slow device --> Apple ensures devices get slow as they get older.
If it was really Apple acting in the users interests, then it would be a user option, not a secret setting in the code.
- matt_the_bass 9y agoI’ve heard people claim better device performance after resetting to factory settings. Maybe this is just a case of needing to clean out the crud and not downgrading based on battery?
- mtmail 9y ago"Apple ensures devices get slow as they get older" Do you have a statistic for that or is that anecdotal? I'm perfectly happy with my 5 year old iphone. I notice the Facebook/Skype/Slack app get larger and larger over time. https://sensortower.com/blog/ios-app-size-growth https://sensortower.com/blog/ios-app-size-growth Primary reason to upgrade for me is lack of security updates, Apple stopped supporting the iphone 5 (any 32bit CPU device) for example.