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I mean you could at least pretend to have a charitable interpretation of their position. Apple implemented a software workaround to extend the useful life of phones with aging batteries which engineering thought would be transparent.

Then after what could only be described as a media shitstorm Apple responded to the criticism by putting the decision in the user's hands and offered battery replacements for around material cost. I mean $30 is ridiculously cheap when just the battery for my Android phone is $24 before shipping and labor. I'm honestly jealous.



> which engineering thought would be transparent.

What engineer thought that slowing down devices would be 'transparent'?




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