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The Apple throttling thing was specifically to extend the life of the device. When a battery is old, if the CPU is not throttled, the device will instantly pow
by sneak 3y ago
The Apple throttling thing was specifically to extend the life of the device. When a battery is old, if the CPU is not throttled, the device will instantly power off when the draw is too high.
Apple was throttling the CPU when the battery was old and could not sustain such power draw peaks in an effort to make the device remain usable for a longer period with a mostly-consumed battery pack. Had they not done so, the device would be unusable sooner.
To assert that it is to make you buy new hardware is a factual error.
- gsich 3y agoPropaganda. Even if, a user toggle would have worked wonders.
- kaba0 3y agoWhich is what ended up being implemented. That was a PR disaster on apple's part, but their motivation was genuinely good. They could have just let the phones power off randomly, like they were 5-6 years old -- android wouldn't even know about them anymore.
- cuddlyogre 3y agoA replaceable battery is a better solution.
- kaba0 3y agoThey are replaceable. In a service for a low fee after 6 years of usage.
- cuddlyogre 3y agoPaying apple hundreds of dollars to do something the owner of the phone should be able to do while waiting in line at the store is not an acceptable alterative.