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> No one ever proved Apple set out to do that. Yes, they did in fact prove that. That's why Apple had to pay $500 million dollars to settle, because they got c
by leptons 1y ago
> No one ever proved Apple set out to do that.
Yes, they did in fact prove that. That's why Apple had to pay $500 million dollars to settle, because they got caught doing shady shit.
- xp84 1y agoThey settled without admitting any wrongdoing of course, but what they "got caught doing" was simply not disclosing what was happening -- and that's the only thing they changed afterward. It was still the correct course of action, and obviously not done maliciously -- a phone that was so slow it was annoying to use, and a phone that reboots 10x a day are equally 'incentive' to buy a new phone, so I fail to see how the throttling benefited Apple one bit. In fact, I'd say the unreliable rebooting one would have provided stronger incentive to replace it vs. a slow one.
- leptons 1y agoThe right thing to do is to offer a battery replacement program. Instead they went for the e-waste option.
- xp84 1y agoBut... they do offer a battery replacement program. https://support.apple.com/iphone/repair/battery-replacement https://support.apple.com/iphone/repair/battery-replacement
- sixothree 1y agoReplacing the battery did not alleviate the issue in any way. I'd argue the battery was a red herring.