Apple's $500M iPhone throttling settlements from 2020 edge closer to payment
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Owners of iPhone models who were part of throttling lawsuits that ended up with a $500 settlement from Apple may soon receive their payments, after a judge denied objections against the offer.

Judge clears way for $500M iPhone throttling settlements::Owners of iPhone models who were part of throttling lawsuits that ended up with a $500 settlement from Apple may soon receive their payments, after a judge denied objections against the offer.

  • @chaircat@lemdro.idEnglish
    0•11 months ago

    It always blows my mind some people actually found Apple’s defense convincing.

    The iPhones didn’t inform users when they were throttling because they had an old battery. Apple kept the throttling a secret and coincidentally it helped them upsell new phones to people with old phones. This type of functionality was also unique to Apple, it’s not like this is the only choice they had and an industry practice.

    • @supercheesecake@aussie.zoneEnglish
      7•11 months ago

      Did you have one of these phones? Because I did. I was one of those that experienced this controversy first-hand.

      Most people complaining I’m guessing have very little direct experience with Apple products. Although maybe you do and just have different expectations that 5 year old tech should work the same as a new phone. We still have an iPhone 6 and the original SE in the family. My high school kid uses a 2011 MacBook Air with no problems and I have a 2014 MacBook Pro as a backup laptop for work. These devices last a long time.

      Where they did fuck up is not explaining what they were doing, and the slowdowns were probably more impactful than they expected.

        • @supercheesecake@aussie.zoneEnglish
          1•11 months ago

          The iPhone 5 was released 2012 with iOS 6. The throttling for old devices was introduced in 2017 with iOS 10.2.1. That’s a big gap.

          Let’s be fair here. Your phone was 5 years old and trying to run the latest OS. If it’s too slow for you, sticking with an older OS version or upgrading to a new phone is probably good advice.

    • @Yendor@reddthat.comEnglish
      5•11 months ago

      If Apples objective was to force people to upgrade, it would have been much easier to just discontinue support for old handsets on the newest iOS. Instead users got the latest iOS, it was just throttled because of the battery limitations.