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Looks like they didn't. Slashdot did a story on it [1] that was disproven later [2]. [1] - https://slashdot.org/story/347559 https://slashdot.org/story/347559
by ikeyany 7y ago
Looks like they didn't. Slashdot did a story on it [1] that was disproven later [2].
[1] - https://slashdot.org/story/347559 https://slashdot.org/story/347559
[2] - https://news.northeastern.edu/2018/10/26/the-new-iphone-comes-out-today-is-apple-slowing-down-your-old-device-to-make-you-buy-the-new-one/ https://news.northeastern.edu/2018/10/26/the-new-iphone-come...
- saagarjha 7y agoYeah, no. That source is a complete misrepresentation: Apple didn’t intentionally slow down devices so you could buy a new one: they throttled devices with weak batteries so they wouldn’t shut down randomly. The issue was that Apple communicated this to users somewhat poorly.
- ikeyany 7y agoI found a source that came out afterwards and made the appropriate edit. I am surprised slashdot did not provide a redaction in the original link.