I like Apple products but Conspiracy Theorists were correct. God Bless

https://www.aol.com/article/fi...acy-theory/23313615/



Apple on Wednesday admitted it's been secretly throttling the performance of older iPhones.
The admission outraged even some of the company's biggest fans.
Customers have good reason to be distrustful of the company and to suspect its motives.

Apple has long inspired an almost religious devotion among customers and tech-aficionados — but it just seriously undermined its fans' faith and loyalty.

The company on Wednesday admitted what some people have long suspected: that it has been secretly stifling the performance of older iPhones.
Critics have accused the company in the past, based on anecdotal evidence, of purposely slowing phones to compel users to upgrade to the latest model. While Apple admitted to the practice on Wednesday, it stressed that it did so for a purely altruistic reason — to prevent older phones from shutting down unexpectedly.
The justification hasn't mollified Apple's outraged fans. If anything, the company's statement has further stoked the conspiracy theories — and for good reason.
Apple was caught red-handed
By the company's own admission, it's been throttling the performance of iPhones since last year.
Apple hasn't explained why it didn't disclose the practice until now, after GeekBench released charts based on its data that showed how older iPhones were not performing as quickly as they had when they launched.
Apple's secrecy, a badge of honor when it comes to unveiling new products, is certain to encourage distrust in this situation. Apple comes across as an organization that was intentionally hiding something — something it only acknowledged when it was caught red-handed.
If Apple didn't acknowledge that it was throttling older phones until one year after it started doing so, what else is the company not telling customers? Why should iPhone users believe the company's explanation for why it's throttling phones? And why should they believe that it only started doing that a year ago?
Such questions might sound like the ravings of conspiracy theorists. But in this case, the conspiracy mongers were proven right — Apple was slowing down their phones. And there are rational reasons to think the company might not be offering a full explanation for why.
The iPhone maker has a big reason to push customers to upgrade
The fact is that Apple has an incentive to push users to upgrade; it makes money selling new devices, after all. And the company has a history of artificially making older devices look inferior to new ones. The iPhone 4, for example was perfectly capable of running Siri, but Apple reserved that feature for the model that replaced it, the iPhone 4s. Likewise, the camera in the iPhone 3G was capable of shooting video, but Apple didn't turn that feature on and instead made video recording the signature capability of its next device, the iPhone 3GS.
Meanwhile, planned obsolescence is a long-standing practice in the tech and broader manufacturing industries.
Apple may well be completely honest in explaining its motives for throttling phones and about the timeframe when it started doing so. But many folks just aren't going to believe that.
"For years, we’ve reassured people that no, Apple doesn’t secretly slow down their older iPhones to make them buy new ones," blogger and iPhone developer Marco Arment said in a tweet on Wednesday. He added in a follow-up Twitter post: "The reputation damage from secretly slowing down old iPhones, regardless of the reason, will likely linger for a decade."
Whatever the company's motives for throttling iPhones, it should have made clear long ago what it was doing, if only for public relations reasons. If it had told users what it was doing when it introduced the throttling feature — or heck, even better, when it first started seriously considering building the feature into the iPhone's operating system — it would have been able to shape the discussion and maybe even improve how the feature works.
Instead, it's now drawing customers' criticism, distrust, and ire. And it has no one to blame but itself.

I knew it, I knew it, it was too good to be true!! Should have never bought the iPhone X...Hate the Apple

If you read other articles on the subject, it’s really no different than “android lag”.

I don’t have a problem with it if it keeps my phone from crashing. A minut delay is good for battery life and sustained performance.

Also it’s been shown that these phones that were slowed down will speed back up if you replace the battery with a new one.

Apple says slower performance of older iPhones is intentional

Rob LeFebvre, 7h ago
Apple says slower performance of older iPhones is intentional
Mobile

Apple says slower performance of older iPhones is intentional

The company extended iOS code that prevent sudden battery shutdowns to newer devices this year.

You're not alone if you've noticed a slowdown in the performance of your older iPhone. The thing is, it may be more related to your battery than the phone itself. After a post on Reddit and a followup by benchmarking software Geekbench's founder, Apple told TechCrunch that it released a fix for premature shutdowns last year for iPhone 6, 6s and SE by smoothing out CPU demand when a battery is older, cold, or just low on juice. Apple also said that it recently extended this slowdown feature to iPhone 7 devices running iOS 11.2, and plans to "add support for other products in the future."

A couple of weeks ago, Reddit user TeckFire ran some CPU benchmarks (via Geekbench) on his iPhone 6 Plus before and after he replaced its battery. He found that CPU performance was significantly better after a battery replacement, which he attributed to Apple slowing down phones with low capacity batteries. A week later, Geekbench's own John Poole wrote a post that pointed to Apple's involvement. In essence, Poole says that Apple introduced code to iOS that limits iPhone performance when battery charge is low, which could be interpreted as a CPU issue leading to users replacing their iPhone instead of their battery. While this may not be Apple's intent in this case, it's not hard to see users being confused and blaming the company for planned obsolescence practices, especially as Apple benefits from user confusion and iPhone upgrades.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/w...iphones-intentional/

Well Droid is waiting for you then...

Get the fire hoses.

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Originally posted by PowerSurge:
If you read other articles on the subject, it’s really no different than “android lag”.

Except you can install any OS you want on your andriods...

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Originally posted by Dusty78:
Also it’s been shown that these phones that were slowed down will speed back up if you replace the battery with a new one.

Apple says slower performance of older iPhones is intentional

Rob LeFebvre, 7h ago
Apple says slower performance of older iPhones is intentional
Mobile

Apple says slower performance of older iPhones is intentional

The company extended iOS code that prevent sudden battery shutdowns to newer devices this year.

You're not alone if you've noticed a slowdown in the performance of your older iPhone. The thing is, it may be more related to your battery than the phone itself. After a post on Reddit and a followup by benchmarking software Geekbench's founder, Apple told TechCrunch that it released a fix for premature shutdowns last year for iPhone 6, 6s and SE by smoothing out CPU demand when a battery is older, cold, or just low on juice. Apple also said that it recently extended this slowdown feature to iPhone 7 devices running iOS 11.2, and plans to "add support for other products in the future."

A couple of weeks ago, Reddit user TeckFire ran some CPU benchmarks (via Geekbench) on his iPhone 6 Plus before and after he replaced its battery. He found that CPU performance was significantly better after a battery replacement, which he attributed to Apple slowing down phones with low capacity batteries. A week later, Geekbench's own John Poole wrote a post that pointed to Apple's involvement. In essence, Poole says that Apple introduced code to iOS that limits iPhone performance when battery charge is low, which could be interpreted as a CPU issue leading to users replacing their iPhone instead of their battery. While this may not be Apple's intent in this case, it's not hard to see users being confused and blaming the company for planned obsolescence practices, especially as Apple benefits from user confusion and iPhone upgrades.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/w...iphones-intentional/

NO WONDER why my IPhone 7 has been acting noticeably slow lately. AND, the damn thing is, I have the apple battery case and my phone battery is almost always 100%......BASTARDS

Yep - I know it when my 'long in the tooth' 6 seemed to move even slower than I move. Time for a X.

Meh.

Of course it's true.

Anything to sell more doodads and further spread the virus known as consumerism.

my wife's 6 has been giving her shit lately. if it werent for her apple watch, I'd convince her to swap to Android.

Sensationalst article. The writer should give evidence as to why Apple's claim that they throttle older phones to improve stability is false, instead of just saying "they kept it a SECRET, so their reason must be evil!"

Regardless of their stated reason, believing it isn't also done to drive sales of new phones is naive beyond belief.

I am afraid I don’t have any openings in my outrage calendar until at least Feb 2018...

The reason is irrelevant. That fact that they DID it is illustrative of Apple's mindset towards their customers and is THE reason there will never be an Apple product in my house.

I formed this opinion when forced to deal with Apple while doing IT work for the school system. Their attitude just pisses me off.

After Apple destroyed the performance of my iPhone 3G with a software update (switched to a galaxy s3 after that), I never updated my iPhone 6 once the 6S was released. I knew the same would happen with all the updates. Paranoia was justified, it seems.

The 3GS hand me down got me hooked. Software update nuked it. I bought a very expensive 4s that another update made autistic by murdering the wifi, still dependant I bleeded flr an 5s that is dying of a slow death in this country with no support, warranty or whatsoever.

Looking at a Android phone when Apple decides to put me out of my misery.
Hate itunes with passion, who wrote this shit

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Originally posted by Dusty78:
Also it’s been shown that these phones that were slowed down will speed back up if you replace the battery with a new one.

I think they mean if you pay Apple to replace the battery. I replaced the battery in my iPhone once when I was having trouble with it. Battery didn't fix it, so I took it to the Apple store. They informed me they would not touch my phone because I had replaced the battery myself. Sorry, there's nothing we can do for you, and we won't sell you a battery. Tough shit.