XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-01-18 21:52, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 20:05:08 +1300, Your Name wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2026-01-18 06:24:10 +0000, Brock McNuggets said:   
   >>>   
   >>> Dec 2017: Reddit user and Geekbench proved that the software was   
   >>> intentionally slowing down older iPhones.   
   >>   
   >> Other than the usual few loud-mouthed whiners (most of whom it   
   >> wasn't actually a problem for), nobody notice nor cared.   
   >   
   > It seems entirely reasonable to me that no Iphone user actually   
   > noticed, let alone cared about, such a performance issue. Do *any*   
   > Iphone users actually do anything important with their devices, that   
   > might have been affected by performance limitations? They bought them   
   > just as showpieces -- items of adornment, to be flaunted rather than   
   > used. “Look at me! I have no idea how this actually works, but it   
   > looks pretty! I have more money than sense!”   
      
   You really are an asshole...   
      
   ...aren't you?   
      
   :-)   
      
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