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Apple does not have a good track record of making devices that are built to last. It has repeatedly opposed right-to-repair legislation, and has been exposed as
by mojo-ponderer 1y ago
Apple does not have a good track record of making devices that are built to last. It has repeatedly opposed right-to-repair legislation, and has been exposed as secretly throttling the CPU of phones as the battery decays, without making that known to users. If it really is Apple's vision to sell AirPods as a lasting product, it stands in stark contrast to its overall history.
- Spartan-S63 1y agoYour point about opposing right-to-repair is true. The one about battery throttling is missing a lot of context and is extremely disingenuous. Apple noticed that aging batteries couldn't provide the voltage and would crash the phone, so they reduced the speed at which the CPU could reach full frequency so they wouldn't crash the device. It didn't throttle the peak speed of the CPU, but rather how quickly it would increase its clock. It wasn't done maliciously or for planned obsolescence reasons, but rather to provide existing iPhone owners a better experience on their aging device.
- mojo-ponderer 1y agoThe issue is that Apple didn't make it clear to users what was happening, and so people thought that their phones were just slowing down from age, causing them to buy new ones without understanding that the only real issue was the battery. Apple has paid hundreds of millions in damages and fines due to this.