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I am reminded of a tweet that suggested adding a sleep() call to your application that makes some part of it needlessly slow, so that you can give users a reaso
by TazeTSchnitzel 6y ago
I am reminded of a tweet that suggested adding a sleep() call to your application that makes some part of it needlessly slow, so that you can give users a reason to upgrade when there's a security fix (it's 1 second faster now)!
- Black101 6y agoApple did something like that... https://www.npr.org/2020/11/18/936268845/apple-agrees-to-pay-113-million-to-settle-batterygate-case-over-iphone-slowdowns https://www.npr.org/2020/11/18/936268845/apple-agrees-to-pay...
- TazeTSchnitzel 6y agoThey did it so old phones wouldn't suddenly hard-shutdown at 30% battery. I appreciate that they did that, it's very annoying.
- Black101 6y agoThat's what Apple likes to say. Luckily they got at least a small fine.