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They were fined 5 years ago for this very reason (https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51413724 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51413724), so not so marvelou
by soperj 4y ago
They were fined 5 years ago for this very reason (https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51413724 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51413724), so not so marvelous.
- astrange 4y agoEuropean fines are entirely cope, it doesn’t mean they’ve actually done anything. Similarly laws like the GDPR and DMA aren’t made with the intent of being followed, just with the hope they’ll get fines or lead to the breakup of foreign tech companies. There was no slowdown of devices; what happened is the devices didn’t randomly turn off anymore.
- soperj 4y agoThen why did they go about replacing batteries for free? https://www.vice.com/en/article/ne4a8d/apples-iphone-slowdown-scandal-is-now-a-full-blown-federal-investigation-report-says https://www.vice.com/en/article/ne4a8d/apples-iphone-slowdow...
- astrange 4y agoCause old batteries are why the devices were randomly turning off. Nevertheless, the "slowdown" is in fact faster than the alternative, because if your device turns off the task never completes.
- tzs 4y agoThe fine was for not giving notice. They have implemented the same battery saving update on several more devices without any objection from the regulators because they gave notice for those.