• GingeyBook@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    Depends how cynical you want to be and whether or not you trust Apple.

    They claimed to slow things down so the aging batteries could run for close to as long as they could when they were new

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      5 months ago

      Just give me a performance slider so I can slow my phone down myself when I need it.

      Anyway I have an android, battery lasts 2-3 days with normal usage (like 3h SoT per day for 3 days usage) so I don’t think I’ll have to worry about battery - and batteries are getting better with every new model, we’ll eventually reach a point where they’re a non-issue

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        It was more that older batteries can’t handle the power draw, so they would shut down if the power draw spiked by an expensive operation.

        It was a really bad user experience so Apple throttled so phones wouldn’t crash.

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            They did offer cheap battery replacements to anyone with the affected models, essentially just covering the labor cost. Like $30 for a brand new battery.

            No one makes batteries easy to replace on flagships these days because everyone is more concerned with waterproofing and form factor than they are with ease of battery replacement. I do miss the days of my old HTC Sensation, where I could just pop the back off and swap out the battery. I would carry around charged spares with me, so I would just turn off the phone, swap the battery, and have full battery instantly.

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          5 months ago

          Oh I thought it was just to get some extra juice out of the batteries, thanks for the info

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      5 months ago

      and whether or not you trust Apple.

      You mean the company that repeatedly lies about being eco-friendly? The one that lied about refurbishing traded-in phones that they sent off to be crushed? The one that constantly lies about repairability, citing “privacy and security”?

      Why wouldn’t you trust them?

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        5 months ago

        My guy, I never said whether you should trust them or not. I simply said “whether or not you trust Apple.” That is up for you to decide

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          5 months ago

          My dude, that’s what we call a rhetorical question. It wasn’t some sort of accusation.

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        5 months ago

        The one that lied about recycling traded-in phones that they sent off to be crushed.

        Got a source for us on this?

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          The company they used for recycling services only deconstructed like ten percent of the phones due to the very complicated machines they use for deconstruction. They crushed (and then recycled) the rest. OP (that you responded to) is just making stuff up to get reactions.

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            5 months ago

            Thank you for the article, but after reading the entire thing, all fault lay with the shitty recycling company not correctly following regulations and instead selling off phones, not on Apple since Apple has no way to recycle their devices themselves. I’m not an Apple dick-rider, but what you are saying and what the article is saying are two different things.

            Can you please elaborate on where you determined Apple was fucking around so I may use it to spread the word? Because, no offense, but you sound like you are full of bullshit like everyone else in the internet. Please do not take this as a non-sequitur I’m really passionate on giving Apple the middle finger and you’re not helping.

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              What the recycling company did with the phones is completely irrelevant. The point is that Apple was advertising that these devices would be refurbished when they were sending them out to be destroyed.

              When the lawsuits came to light, first reported in late 2020 by the Logic, a Canadian news outlet, industry observers were stunned. It wasn’t just the shocking scale of the purported heist; the incident implied that Apple was forcing a recycling partner to shred tens of thousands of iPhones that were apparently in prime condition for refurbishment. The timing was awkward: That same year, Apple had publicly committed to reaching 100% carbon neutrality across its product life cycle by 2030 and specified in an environmental report that “reuse is our first choice.” The shredding, critics said, contradicted Apple’s green marketing and was likely a way to keep cheaper used hardware from interfering with sales of new products.

              https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/18/100000-iphones-stolen-instead-of-scrapped/

              No one even knew about this until Apple sued said recycling company because they were not destroying them. They dropped the lawsuit because of all the bad press it was bringing them.

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                Apple was advertising that these devices would be refurbished when they were sending them out to be destroyed

                When did Apple claim that? Sure if you send them a one year old phone, they will refurbish it (they will also pay you several hundred dollars to take the device off your hands). But they’ve never refurbished several year old models. Those have always been recycled (destroyed) regardless of what condition they are in.