XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.advocacy
From: REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com
Alan wrote:
>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?
That is not the only alternative. Warning users that their batteries
are dying and will cause problems is a better choice. Give the
consumer the choice of what to do with their purchased device rather
than trick them into buying new ones.
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