> slowing people's older devices to encourage them to buy new ones (I'm aware that apple's got another more "helpful" sounding excuse for that, just as they're

> slowing people's older devices to encourage them to buy new ones (I'm aware that apple's got another more "helpful" sounding excuse for that, just as they're aware their actions would drive more upgrades regardless) There’s definitely a basis in truth for that, though. It’s not just an excuse. Years ago when I was dead broke and trying to get my foot in the door as a dev, I was using an iPhone 4 with a worn out battery running a version of iOS prior to the throttling being implemented, and it would frequently shut down entirely with even mild spikes in power requirements at 35% battery and under. It actually made cut me off in the middle of a couple of interview calls and nearly made me miss a couple of others. Had the phone throttled itself to prevent power spikes that wouldn’t have happened.