XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-01-18 22:23, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 1/19/26 1:12 AM, Alan wrote:   
   >> 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?   
   >>   
   >> :-)   
   >   
   >   
   > Unlike yourself.   
   >   
      
   Yes. Very much unlike.   
      
   Do you see me insulting entire groups of people based on their   
   technology choices? Ever?   
      
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