Yes, that has been established. I wasn't suggesting otherwise; to the contrary I think they deserved it. They made major changes to the performance characterist

Yes, that has been established. I wasn't suggesting otherwise; to the contrary I think they deserved it. They made major changes to the performance characteristics of these devices without disclosing what they were doing or why. Honestly if you want a bigger bone to pick with Apple regarding performance slaughter you should look at EOL iOS devices that capped out at iOS 9. The iPhone 4S was a great little handset until Apple destroyed it with iOS 9.