> Technically Apple absolutely did the right thing.
> Where they failed was in not communicating this and trying to Apple Magic “it just works pay no attention to the man behind the curtain” when they should have been straightforward.
So they technically did the wrong thing.
> Even this throttling was really about prolonging the usable life of your phone.
Not really. It was the cheapest way to protect their reputation without acknowledging anything was wrong. If it was really about prolonging the usable life of your phone, they would have notified the user the throttling was happening and how they can regain the performance.
Is this a website for software engineers or lawyers?
> Not really. It was the cheapest way to protect their reputation without acknowledging anything was wrong.
Worked out great for reputation management!
But this isn’t a fact, it’s just your opinion. Mine is that they wanted your phone to keep working without much fuss. The fact that this is still how iPhones operate even now bolsters this point. They just now disclose that your battery has degraded to a point that impacts performance.
Well for the average Joe this did work absolutely wonders. My mom finally replaced her 6s days ago because it started turning off randomly. The slowdown was not an issue for SMS and WhatsApp and the occasional Google Maps.
> they would have notified the user the throttling was happening and how they can regain the performance.
And they would have a controversy on their butt about battery planned obsolescence.
> Where they failed was in not communicating this and trying to Apple Magic “it just works pay no attention to the man behind the curtain” when they should have been straightforward.
So they technically did the wrong thing.
> Even this throttling was really about prolonging the usable life of your phone.
Not really. It was the cheapest way to protect their reputation without acknowledging anything was wrong. If it was really about prolonging the usable life of your phone, they would have notified the user the throttling was happening and how they can regain the performance.