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On the upside, there is now a very easy way to see which "tech journalists" understand the concept of engineering trade offs. The tech reporters at NY Times, L

On the upside, there is now a very easy way to see which "tech journalists" understand the concept of engineering trade offs. The tech reporters at NY Times, Linus Techtips, etc have never actually created products. They are not technical experts. They're personalities and communicators. And in this case, wacky conspiracy theorists.

misio 9y ago
My god it's like all the comments on this post are Apple shills. "If you don't accept this you're a wacky conspiracy theorist" Fuck me. That's right out of the handbook mate. The problem that's been complained about for years is decreased performance on upgrade, and no decent downgrade path. Where were the legions of complaints about random shutdowns that prompted such severe throttling? People accepting this explanation blindly have never worked for a large company in a PR storm. They don't suddenly start telling the whole truth, especially if the truth was as benign as they state this is. If it's such a non issue, why not mention it in release notes? Because it was hidden, because this is bullshit.
- staunch 9y ago
  You're literally inventing conspiracy theories with zero evidence. Decreased performance on upgrade is an extremely common feature of most software. Servers, desktops, and smartphones are just computers running operating systems and applications. Upgrades bring new functionality, which usually has a cost in terms of system resources like CPU/memory. This is the primary explanation for "slowdown on upgrade" problems. If you didn't know this, you're probably not an engineer who works on these problems i.e. an expert. This is just one example of how non-technical people get themselves very confused and start inventing conspiracy theories.
  - misio 9y ago
    Actively throttling is different to slowdown due to a bigger load being placed on the system. Apple have stated that they intentionally throttle. Their reason is battery conservation. Also please don't talk down to me. You're way, way off base with your assumptions.

misio 9y ago

My god it's like all the comments on this post are Apple shills. "If you don't accept this you're a wacky conspiracy theorist" Fuck me. That's right out of the handbook mate. The problem that's been complained about for years is decreased performance on upgrade, and no decent downgrade path. Where were the legions of complaints about random shutdowns that prompted such severe throttling? People accepting this explanation blindly have never worked for a large company in a PR storm. They don't suddenly start telling the whole truth, especially if the truth was as benign as they state this is. If it's such a non issue, why not mention it in release notes? Because it was hidden, because this is bullshit.

staunch 9y ago
You're literally inventing conspiracy theories with zero evidence. Decreased performance on upgrade is an extremely common feature of most software. Servers, desktops, and smartphones are just computers running operating systems and applications. Upgrades bring new functionality, which usually has a cost in terms of system resources like CPU/memory. This is the primary explanation for "slowdown on upgrade" problems. If you didn't know this, you're probably not an engineer who works on these problems i.e. an expert. This is just one example of how non-technical people get themselves very confused and start inventing conspiracy theories.
- misio 9y ago
  Actively throttling is different to slowdown due to a bigger load being placed on the system. Apple have stated that they intentionally throttle. Their reason is battery conservation. Also please don't talk down to me. You're way, way off base with your assumptions.