> Firstly, they only slowed down older phones to prevent them from crashing as they had less and less reliable battery draw. Yes, and they did this to avoid a

> Firstly, they only slowed down older phones to prevent them from crashing as they had less and less reliable battery draw. Yes, and they did this to avoid a recall of millions of iPhones because the batteries were unable to provide necessary current for designed operation less than 2 years after purchase. Then when they got caught, rather than issue a recall they instead offered replacement batteries at a discount from their normal price. Basically they sold a defective product, hid it with a behavioral change after launch that encouraged users to upgrade, and when caught swindling people managed to convince everyone to instead pay them to fix the issue.