XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com   
      
   Alan  wrote:   
   > On 2023-09-12 10:54, badgolferman wrote:   
   >> Alan wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 2023-09-12 08:20, candycanearter07 wrote:   
   >>>> On 9/12/23 09:51, Alan wrote:   
   >>>>> And haven't you insisted for years that Apple DIDN'T design chips?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I'd guess that you could throttle a chip without having designed   
   >>>> it..   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> They didn't "throttle a chip".   
   >>>   
   >>> They reduced the speed of the phone when the battery was getting   
   >>> close to exhausted; a sensible thing to do, don't you agree?   
   >>   
   >> Only if the owner of the phone had been informed beforehand.  Perhaps   
   >> providing a switch to let the owner decide if they want that option   
   >> would have been prudent.  In this case they were found to be guilty of   
   >> hiding what they were doing, which made owners upgrade to newer phones   
   >> rather than just get new batteries.   
   >>   
   >   
   > It's a sensible thing whether or not you inform the owner. The two   
   > issues are orthogonal.   
   >   
   > A sudden shutdown without warning is something you do not want.   
   >   
   > But in any case, the speed throttling has nothing to do with the quality   
   > of the processor, as Apple's processors are the widely-acknowledged   
   > leaders in performance/watt.   
   >   
      
   So secretly reducing the capability of the phone without warning customers   
   is the sensible thing to do? Maybe Arlen is right about you after all.   
      
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