• considine@lemmy.ml
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    6 months ago

    Apple is also super good with software updates on old hardware.

    Except for that time they deliberately slowed down older phones with software updates so people would buy new phones.

    • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      They deliberately slowed down phones with defective batteries to prevent them from randomly crashing. Which would cause a lot more people to complain than the phone being slower, but not turning off at 30%.