France fines Apple €25M for iOS software that slowed down older iPhones
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Re: France fines Apple €25M for iOS software that slowed down older iPhones
#2Such a small fine as to not be worth reporting.
"Man in California fined 15cents over parking dispute"
Re: France fines Apple €25M for iOS software that slowed down older iPhones
#3I don't think Apple would even notice a fine of such a small amount. If you want to reprimand a corporate, you must make it hurt a little, otherwise it has little impact on their future behaviour.
Re: France fines Apple €25M for iOS software that slowed down older iPhones
#4Background context: This is because Apple throttled down the maximum CPU speed of phones whose batteries were old/weak. The (claimed) intent was to prevent old phones from suddenly shutting off while running CPU-intensive apps like games.
Re: France fines Apple €25M for iOS software that slowed down older iPhones
#5Apple implemented this to help users extend life of older devices.
Apple should just have phones in France run full clock at all times to comply with this regulation. These types of things don't recognize that phone design is a CONSTANT power management / speed tradeoff. If you demand things run 100% speed at all times - poof - your batter life is gone.
Re: France fines Apple €25M for iOS software that slowed down older iPhones
#6Cheaper than not slowing down phones with unstable batteries and corroded circuits that explode in users' pockets.
Re: France fines Apple €25M for iOS software that slowed down older iPhones
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Re: France fines Apple €25M for iOS software that slowed down older iPhones
#8I don't think Apple would even notice a fine of such a small amount. If you want to reprimand a corporate, you must make it hurt a little, otherwise it has little impact on their future behaviour.
perhaps it's just relative to their operations/sales in France? they might have 1 billion euros in revenue, but if profits are, say, 300 million euros for France, a 25 million euro fine isn't... trivial. But... this is just supposition.
Re: France fines Apple €25M for iOS software that slowed down older iPhones
#9Apple implemented this to help users extend life of older devices. Apple should just have phones in France run full clock at all times to comply with this regulation. These types of things don't recognize that phone design is a CONSTANT power management / speed tradeoff. If you demand things run 100% speed at all times - poof - your batter life is gone.
It’s definitely a multifaceted issue, especially because Apple’s communication was so poor.
Though it’s not like companies are in the habit of communicating their CPU scheduling strategy to their customers. The customers don’t care nor can the comprehend that information.
It still boggles my mind how many people I know refuse to get batteries replaced. The price is totally reasonable from all manufacturers, way more so than plunking down another $700 on a phone. They just want a new phone at that point because who doesn’t like new things? In a lot of ways Apple was responding to customer behavior - customers allow their phones to limp along with cracked screens and dead batteries and Apple was essentially helping them do so for as long as possible without disruptions, but it also looks like planned obsolescence.
A lot of the people who essentially say that a random shutdown due to lack of supplied voltage is preferable to throttling are flat out wrong.
Re: France fines Apple €25M for iOS software that slowed down older iPhones
#10Apple implemented this to help users extend life of older devices. Apple should just have phones in France run full clock at all times to comply with this regulation. These types of things don't recognize that phone design is a CONSTANT power management / speed tradeoff. If you demand things run 100% speed at all times - poof - your batter life is gone.
Imagine if ford started to detune your engine as you added miles to the car, but DIDNT TELL YOU. You lost X horsepower every 1,000 miles.