XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2023-09-12 13:04, badgolferman wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
      
   As opposed to the alternative—just shutting down without warning?   
      
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