rjd185

Mike Wuerthele said:

rjd185 said:

Mike Wuerthele said:

Remy said:

Users: My old iPhone is kinda slow now. APPLE: (silence) Users: OK, now my 1-year-old iPhone is sluggish as well... this is getting old. APPLE: (silence) OK...yeah, that's us. USERS: (silence) APPLE: Don't worry, we're doing it for you. Old batteries can lose charge faster. USERS: ...er... yeah, we know. APPLE: You see, the lithium-ion batteries... (bla bla) ...cold conditions... (bla bla) ...device unexpectedly... (bla bla bla)...electronic components! USERS: So... you secretly made my iPhone slower and less responsive 100% of the time to avoid a shutdown that could occur maybe 1% of the time? APPLE: Exactly! USERS: Because... you're interested in prolonging the life of my device? APPLE: See! You get it! USERS: ...and my iPhone feels sluggishly obsolete for 10 hours/day, instead of smooth and quick for 8 hours/day? APPLE: (silence)

You're conflating three different things, including the additional demand that newer system software puts on older devices, and the fact that the shutdown is far, far more prevalent than 1 percent.

Believe what you want.

Like the Futuremark benchmarks for example which definitively demonstrated no such artificial slowdown was present and were grounds to insist those who experienced otherwise should take their conspiracy theories elsewhere I guess?

https://forums.appleinsider.com/discussion/202204/futuremark-analysis-debunks-rumor-that-apple-slows-older-iphones-down-on-purpose-with-ios/p1

Yes. And like I said in this article that you very clearly didn't read, it still proves that there is no conspiracy.

They still prove that a properly functioning phone with a non-depleted battery is not slowed in any way. Even the new benchmarks from the GeekBench founder proves that.

Agreed (apart from the not reading articles bit - ad hominem so early) that the hardware is unchanged. But the issue as per the Geekbench report is the third state where the performance of the system (hardware, software and an established use pattern) is that after the iOS updates, the update actually does throttle performance without notice and not due to enhanced software load. So those users who were so soundly trashed on forums for indicating they felt their experienced performance was worse were, in at least some cases, correct.

It matters not that the reduction in performance had a putative reason nor that some people just need conspiracies. It matters that it was done silently, without any press, and, worse, ended up adding meat if not actual credence to the planned obsolescence debate. Apple and shareholders would have been content to let this situation persist even absent a conspiracy. 

At least Apple can now correct the situation by, as suggested here and elsewhere, opting for transparency and notifying users when the condition exists. Or not - depends on the PR fall out.