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> Do we want a literal slow-software police? This court case shows that we kinda now already have one. The phones from 5 years ago already had amazing process
by Darthy 8y ago
> Do we want a literal slow-software police?
This court case shows that we kinda now already have one.
The phones from 5 years ago already had amazing processors with billions of cycles per second. They can probably do nearly everything.
But you know us software engineers: "make it faster till it runs wells on my test kit, then oh well ship it!"
I think this ruling is a nudge into a better way. Yes deplay updates for more than 2 years, but don't stop optimizing new stuff when the latest phone can run it pretty well - keep optimizing until devices from the last 5 years run it very well.
- geezerjay 8y ago> This court case shows that we kinda now already have one. That's patently wrong. The point of the fine was not that the phones were noticeably slower after the upgrade. The point of the fine was that the slowness was motivated as a way of inducing forced obsolescence. The manufacturers forced the updates with no rollback mechanism to render phones unusable and thus force their users to purchase replacements. If users could roll back the changes then the manufacturers wouldnt be fined.