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Re:IPhones start slowing down after a year by TeMPOraL on Thursday December 21, 2017 @12:37PM (#15980860)
I disagree - people do notice their phones gradually slowing down. They just live with it, because there's nothing they can do about it beyond buying a new phone, which is a large purchase best postponed (that is, if they're not on a contract - if they are, the burden is much worse).

This behaviour adds significant stress and annoyance to lives of millions of people. In my book, it's just evil.

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Re:IPhones start slowing down after a year by gambiting on Thursday December 21, 2017 @12:43PM (#15980916)
As someone who lived with a phone that would run out of battery around 3pm when unplugged at 7am - I would have gladly traded that experience for a slight slowdown of the software. I can't believe that the "significant stress and annoyance" of having a slow phone is any worse than "significant stress and annoyance" of having a phone that just switches off. Slow phone > dead phone.
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Re:IPhones start slowing down after a year by TeMPOraL on Thursday December 21, 2017 @01:18PM (#15981334)
Fast phone + a powerbank > slow phone > dead phone.

Apple took away the ability to choose the powerbank option.

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