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Brilliant. Too bad there's apparently no built in way to do it. I was reminded of when Apple started slowing down the CPUs on older phones. Would be nice if yo

by andai 5mo ago

Brilliant. Too bad there's apparently no built in way to do it. I was reminded of when Apple started slowing down the CPUs on older phones. Would be nice if you could just configure that on first run. "How addictive would you like your phone to be, sir?"

gepeto42 5mo ago
I feel like my phone is so sluggish when in low power mode (even a 17 Pro), that it could work for this.
- Insanity 5mo ago
  This might say more about the quality of modern apps than the power of the iPhone lol.
  - gepeto42 5mo ago
    Absolutely does. But it would definitely keep you away from switching between 13 Slack groups!
    - mh- 5mo ago
      It's funny, I'm on a Delta flight right now with bad wifi and a few minutes ago I was thinking about how slow internet access completely changes my browsing habits to be more deliberate. Example from a few seconds ago: I frequently click into HN user's profile pages when I read an interesting comment from them as I scroll past. At home, it loads ~instantly even on 5G. But when it takes 5-7 seconds to load one, you get a lot more thoughtful about navigating your browser. There's definitely something interesting about intentionally downgrading your own experience in targeted ways.
- mh- 5mo ago
  It definitely downclocks the chip, but it also does some other stuff like capping the frame rate on the display, which (to me, ymmv) goes a long way towards making the phone "feel slower". My (teenaged) kids frequently let their phones go into low battery and then run in power saving mode for hours, when one of them hands me their phones it's super jarring and feels awful to use coming from my 120hz phone haha.
w4der 5mo ago
On android you can do so from developer mode, but it's a blanket throttle for the whole device. I've been using mine with a 5mbps cap for a few years now.

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Brilliant. Too bad there's apparently no built in way to do it. I was reminded of when Apple started slowing down the CPUs on older phones. Would be nice if yo

by andai 5mo ago

gepeto42 5mo ago
I feel like my phone is so sluggish when in low power mode (even a 17 Pro), that it could work for this.
- Insanity 5mo ago
  This might say more about the quality of modern apps than the power of the iPhone lol.
  - gepeto42 5mo ago
    Absolutely does. But it would definitely keep you away from switching between 13 Slack groups!
    - mh- 5mo ago
      It's funny, I'm on a Delta flight right now with bad wifi and a few minutes ago I was thinking about how slow internet access completely changes my browsing habits to be more deliberate. Example from a few seconds ago: I frequently click into HN user's profile pages when I read an interesting comment from them as I scroll past. At home, it loads ~instantly even on 5G. But when it takes 5-7 seconds to load one, you get a lot more thoughtful about navigating your browser. There's definitely something interesting about intentionally downgrading your own experience in targeted ways.
- mh- 5mo ago
  It definitely downclocks the chip, but it also does some other stuff like capping the frame rate on the display, which (to me, ymmv) goes a long way towards making the phone "feel slower". My (teenaged) kids frequently let their phones go into low battery and then run in power saving mode for hours, when one of them hands me their phones it's super jarring and feels awful to use coming from my 120hz phone haha.
w4der 5mo ago
On android you can do so from developer mode, but it's a blanket throttle for the whole device. I've been using mine with a 5mbps cap for a few years now.