> I think it's clear Apple intentionally* degrades software quality on older iphone/mac models in order to drive purchase of newer hardware. Completely false.

> I think it's clear Apple intentionally* degrades software quality on older iphone/mac models in order to drive purchase of newer hardware. Completely false. What's clear is that most posters on hacker news don't understand basic battery chemistry. Apple made a decision to help customers and got blamed for it because they didn't properly explain what they were doing. You can only please people so much.