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Originally Posted by Atmos
I don’t believe that there is a big plot out there by Apple, don’t think it is a profit making exercise as much as it is a consequence of complaints. As a very simple way of looking at it:
Apple starts getting more complaints about battery failure and random shutdowns. The complaints department sends out a memo to software and engineering “We’re having battery issues, we need a fix.”
Hardware says “The battery is just getting old and needs replacement but we will change some components in the next model for better power management.”
Software says “We can start tweaking settings in the older models, slow them down in a way that hopefully won’t be noticed and this will give more life out of the battery if the phone isn’t drawing as much power.”
And forever more the software department tweaks some settings to keep the older models working reasonably as their batteries slowly die. If Apple years ago had just told people that when they started having phone issues that their only option was to pay $X and get a new battery, there would be a lot of unhappy people. You take the software route and everybody calls conspiracy. I do agree that Apple should have been more up front about it a long time ago but also considerer, no one else has admitted to doing it either.
Who will be the next domino?
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There is logic in your argument Colin from a technical point of view to make your old phone last longer with an ageing battery but I'm afraid it doesn't makes business sense when the aim is to sell newer models. It would be awfully nice from Apple to support old users this way.
