Apple slows your iPhone on purpose. (2 Viewers)

[daMixter]

WTH does this have anything to do with that? Apple has been doing this long before the Net Neutrality act was put in place. Please keep your politics to the "liberals only allowed to post" politics board.

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[IntenseSaint]

Ain't the Net Neutrality repeal great? They can mess with your batteries now too!

 

[donato]

So, people are going crazy about Apple improving stability on older phones when the battery needs to be replaced at the expense of (speed) performance, and that decrease in performance is restored when the battery is replaced (and now at a significantly reduced cost). I don't get the outrage.

 

[crosswatt]

So, people are going crazy about Apple improving stability on older phones when the battery needs to be replaced at the expense of (speed) performance, and that decrease in performance is restored when the battery is replaced (and now at a significantly reduced cost). I don't get the outrage.

Because they did so without telling anyone that they were doing it and iirc, denied doing so. Once they were exposed, they explained why, but it seems very convenient.

If you're going to do this and claim it's not in an effort to make people buy a new phone, or at the very least a new battery, then why not inform people of the feature, and provide ways for the consumer to actually see the health of their battery?

 

[zeetes]

I dunno, I'd still be using my Note 2 if the power button hadn't died. Note 5 is still running fine. I've run out of reasons to care to root, but easiest way to fix those suspicions or realities is to install an independent version.

note 2 is still my favorite phone to date. i traded my note 5 for an iphone 8, but not entirely by choice; it was inevitable that work would force me to, eventually. sigh. to be honest, it feels exactly like the iphone 6 loaner i was using while waiting on a new phone, but a tad quicker.

my personal phone is a nexus 6, still running strong, though i hardly use it.

 

[2009ring]

If some oil company had done something like this instead of Apple, you'd have politicians everywhere clamoring for some kind of sanctions and relief etc etc but because it's the golden child Apple nothing will come of it.

 

[donato]

If some oil company had done something like this instead of Apple, you'd have politicians everywhere clamoring for some kind of sanctions.

Not under this administration.

 

[2009ring]

Not under this administration.

Originally Posted by Merl View Post
WTH does this have anything to do with that? Apple has been doing this long before the Net Neutrality act was put in place. Please keep your politics to the "liberals only allowed to post" politics board.

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[RetroMcBananaFace]

Because they did so without telling anyone that they were doing it and iirc, denied doing so. Once they were exposed, they explained why, but it seems very convenient.

If you're going to do this and claim it's not in an effort to make people buy a new phone, or at the very least a new battery, then why not inform people of the feature, and provide ways for the consumer to actually see the health of their battery?

Apple's entire business model depends on making you buy a new $500 (at least) phone every year or two. Oh, my phone's slowing down, must be time for a new one, right? They basically need people to be dumb and helpless. If average iPhone user could replace their own battery Apple would probably sell 30% fewer new phones. That's what frustrates me about that company. They're not only insidious, they cynically target their own end users.

Contrast: I have a Yamaha stereo receiver built in I believe 1991. Top of the line then, still better than most anything you can buy now under $3000 at least. The LCD display went out. I called their customer service line, expecting bupkus. But they not only located the part, they mailed it to me FOR FREE, along with a schematic and the instructions for replacing it. That's a company that gives a **** about its products and its customers.

 

[donato]

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You make a political comment and you don't think others should have the ability to respond? Cool...

 

[SebaSaint]

Apple's entire business model depends on making you buy a new $500 (at least) phone every year or two. Oh, my phone's slowing down, must be time for a new one, right? They basically need people to be dumb and helpless. If average iPhone user could replace their own battery Apple would probably sell 30% fewer new phones. That's what frustrates me about that company. They're not only insidious, they cynically target their own end users.

Contrast: I have a Yamaha stereo receiver built in I believe 1991. Top of the line then, still better than most anything you can buy now under $3000 at least. The LCD display went out. I called their customer service line, expecting bupkus. But they not only located the part, they mailed it to me FOR FREE, along with a schematic and the instructions for replacing it. That's a company that gives a **** about its products and its customers.

You haven't been to the apple store with an older iphone and received a free replacement before. You haven't had Apple replace your Houston flooded iPhone for free before. You're overlooking new iOS releases supported on phones that are 4 years old... No one else does this.