I KNEW IT!
Has your iPhone been slow lately? Let me guess – it’s been slow since you updated to the new iOS… BINGO! Many readers of this blog probably already heard the news but if you haven’t, the worst kept secret in electronics has finally been confirmed. Apple slows down (“throttles”) your iPhone with every new iOS release. This is unbelievable news. It took building heat and building evidence in Reddit forums to back Apple into a corner far enough that they confirmed it’s true.
In the past 5 years, I couldn’t tell you how many times I’ve heard people complain about how an update slowed down a phone. As tech professionals, we have pushed users to update their phones because as updates are released, security vulnerabilities are patched. And this is exactly the position Apple wants people in. It’s either roll the dice with the update that will potentially slow down your phone, or be vulnerable to data theft. The latter seems like the bigger risk, right? So, for years and years we told users to update to the new iOS, and for years and years we’ve had to hear people complain about slow phones.
It became a good joke: “New iPhone coming out? Well it looks like mine is going to crash in the next couple months.”
Suddenly around the 2yr anniversary of your phone’s purchase, it would start acting up. Warranties and contracts had just expired. Customers were ripe for the taking. The timing is perfect. People complained about battery life or overall slowness that crippled production. Apps crash. iPhones restart without warning. So you take the phone to the Apple store to have “Geniuses” run diagnostics and try to sell you a new one. Like clockwork, iPhones are flying off the shelves year after year. Why would people need a new iPhone every couple years if the phones are so great? It didn’t make sense but now it does.
This makes my blood boil and I’m hopeful other customers of Apple start questioning the company’s ethics. Shame on you, Apple.
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