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In 2017 Apple introduced the iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and X. All three still get updates this year. That’s five years of support. They may get updated next year+, we d

by MBCook 4y ago

In 2017 Apple introduced the iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and X. All three still get updates this year. That’s five years of support. They may get updated next year+, we don’t know yet. You know what the iPhone 8 had? 2GB of RAM. Same as Google is calling for now. And people have been through this over and over. Apple does not insert fake delays to make phones feel slower. If you could prove that you could make a mint. They add features, which takes extra CPU. Though not all are on every phone for that exact reason. How many Android phones from 5 years ago got 5 years of updates? How about 2 years?

gpt5 4y ago
Apple does throttle your phone when your battery degrades. They do it by default because it helps avoid situations where the phones would shut down completely before the battery empties. There was a class action on this, and now they allow you to toggle this feature off: https://www.itpro.com/mobile/battery-life/356946/how-to-turn-off-battery-throttling-on-iphone https://www.itpro.com/mobile/battery-life/356946/how-to-turn...
- MBCook 4y ago
  Right. That was a real reason due to hardware issues, though the way they went about it was obviously received negatively (no notification and no option at first). It wasn’t fake delays just to push hardware sales, which is what people have been accusing them of for 10+ years.
  - Gigachad 4y ago
    It must be insane being a manager at these megacorps. Imagine fixing a bug at work and accidentally kicking off a decade of bad press, memes, and legal issues because the fix was not communicated perfectly. I agree they should have explained to the user better, but imagine how many minor behind the scenes fixes they have to fix and can’t possibly bother the user with them all. I can see how these things slipped through.
    - MBCook 4y ago
      What if they told people it was happening from day one? “Apple’s latest update tells people they have to buy new phones!” Apple bashing (really any mega-corp or FAANG) gets so many clicks I’m not sure there was any decent option.

by MBCook 4y ago

gpt5 4y ago

Apple does throttle your phone when your battery degrades. They do it by default because it helps avoid situations where the phones would shut down completely before the battery empties. There was a class action on this, and now they allow you to toggle this feature off: https://www.itpro.com/mobile/battery-life/356946/how-to-turn-off-battery-throttling-on-iphone https://www.itpro.com/mobile/battery-life/356946/how-to-turn...

MBCook 4y ago
Right. That was a real reason due to hardware issues, though the way they went about it was obviously received negatively (no notification and no option at first). It wasn’t fake delays just to push hardware sales, which is what people have been accusing them of for 10+ years.
- Gigachad 4y ago
  It must be insane being a manager at these megacorps. Imagine fixing a bug at work and accidentally kicking off a decade of bad press, memes, and legal issues because the fix was not communicated perfectly. I agree they should have explained to the user better, but imagine how many minor behind the scenes fixes they have to fix and can’t possibly bother the user with them all. I can see how these things slipped through.
  - MBCook 4y ago
    What if they told people it was happening from day one? “Apple’s latest update tells people they have to buy new phones!” Apple bashing (really any mega-corp or FAANG) gets so many clicks I’m not sure there was any decent option.