> Apparently there are amplifier chips which can do that smart regulation internally but Apple decided to do it in software for whatever reason. > Apple has be

> Apparently there are amplifier chips which can do that smart regulation internally but Apple decided to do it in software for whatever reason. > Apple has been caught sabotaging third-party repair multiple times and this sort of design is totally in line with that strategy. Using fewer specialized hardware chips to dynamically regulate speaker temperatures and implementing it in software seems like it would be more repair-friendly, not less. Unless you meant this in some more general sense that doesn't include repair, per se?