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It’s reported that people believe Apple did things, never with any actual, you know, proof.
The biggest problems either performance with old phones is that folks don’t understand how batteries degrade over time and attribute that to some sort of malice from companies like Apple.
I’m all for complaining about the dangers of unfettered capitalism, but stupid Apple conspiracy theories make yall look silly.
Batterygate: This issue gained significant attention in 2017 when Apple admitted to throttling the performance of older iPhones with degraded batteries, beginning with iOS 10.2.1 and iOS 11.2. This, Apple said, was intended to prevent unexpected shutdowns caused by aging batteries, not to drain the battery itself. The more cynical took it to be a deliberate action to encourage upgrading (and to enhance the perception of upgrading) by crippling their product.
Their original letter is no longer available on Apple’s site so here’s a link to a Reddit post about it. https://www.reddit.com/r/applehelp/comments/bdv3zk/comment/el126j7/
“the more cynical” is a really positive spin on conspiracy theory nut jobs.
Apple only throttled CPU speeds on batteries that were below a certain threshold to avoid them crashing when they couldn’t provide the necessary power from the battery. Replace the battery, which Apple would do for effectively cost, and the CPU throttle goes away.
This was a measure to make phones keep working longer instead of forcing folks to buy a new one. Quite the opposite of the claims here.
Samsung throttled their phones from the start, for the same reason, but would increase CPU speeds to cheat at benchmark tests and lie about the capabilities of their phones. Where are the lame memes regarding them?
Here is a link to back my claims, because I don’t just spout nonsense.
https://www.theregister.com/2013/07/31/samsung_found_cheating_in_benchmark_tests/
Apple claims that now, after initially denying that they throttled phones for years, and then only announcing that they actually were when they add a toggle to turn it off. Also, they settled a lawsuit paying over 100MM dollars, which shows that their actions were anti-consumer.
And sure, Samsung is equally as ass as Apple. That's why I don't use their phones, feel the need to defend their shitty actions, or pretend like they can be trusted when they promise they weren't fucking over their customers.
Here's my link to support what I've said, but I'd highly recommend you look into a situation a bit before starting an argument about it, it's just common courtesy.
https://www.npr.org/2020/11/18/936268845/apple-agrees-to-pay-113-million-to-settle-batterygate-case-over-iphone-slowdowns