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Apple faces lawsuits after admitting it slows down aging iPhones

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Re: Apple faces lawsuits after admitting it slows down aging iPhones

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Re: Apple faces lawsuits after admitting it slows down aging iPhones

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Welcome to the concept of inequality. Most people in the world don't have the access to internet you have. And I would imagine some would say "Holy shit. You people browse message boards? I would rather spend that time on a MOOC". While it is weird looking at the affluence scale above, it is very depressing looking what's at the bottom of the scale. I don't mean to chastise you. It is just a realization I've come to.

I am aware of it. I was not complaining but just amused. If you think about it there is no way the Universe could have existed if it was not for the randomness or inequality :)

Looking back, my reply was unnecessarily snarky. Sorry about that.

Inequality is necessary, but the extent of it and the effects bother me sometimes.

Re: Apple faces lawsuits after admitting it slows down aging iPhones

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I disagree this is "straight up illegal deception", in fact, I find the slowing down perfectly rational and a desirable feature. The problem isn't the slowing down, but it is shining light on the irreplaceability, which IMHO is the true crime against the planet. That our legal infrastructures haven't caught up to it is irrelevant, planned obsolescence is a cancer, and if this is the only time people will notice, damn…

It's quite selfish to assume what's OK for you is ok for everyone else in a same situation.

It is, but I don't think I did here. I'm saying it's bad for the planet because of the ecological cost of making an iphone being artificially pinned to that for a battery, in spite of their having very different lifetimes. If people in general thought those lifetimes should be equal, there would be no uproar to this revelation (the slowing down thing).
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