News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Apple Says It Slows Older iPhones to Save Their Battery Life by bec123 on Thursday December 21, 2017 @12:40PM (#15980885)
Dear one of the richest damn companies on the face of the earth:

MAKE . IT . EASIER . TO . REPLACE . THE . BATTERY !!!

Re:Apple Says It Slows Older iPhones to Save Their Battery Life by sctb on Thursday December 21, 2017 @02:50PM (#15982209)
Could you please not use uppercase for emphasis, like the guidelines ask? We're after less of a shouting kind of vibe here.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re:Apple Says It Slows Older iPhones to Save Their Battery Life by nicky0 on Thursday December 21, 2017 @01:23PM (#15981402)
You can replace it an an Apple Store for $79.
Re:Apple Says It Slows Older iPhones to Save Their Battery Life by CaptSpify on Thursday December 21, 2017 @03:16PM (#15982392)
Why should anyone have to pay to do trivial service to their own phone?
Re:Apple Says It Slows Older iPhones to Save Their Battery Life by esmi on Thursday December 21, 2017 @03:38PM (#15982526)
One has the choice to pay $79. But you don't have to: https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/iPhone+6+Battery+Replacement/29...
Re:Apple Says It Slows Older iPhones to Save Their Battery Life by nephrite on Thursday December 21, 2017 @01:30PM (#15981468)
Yes. Also make the batteries standard, like they did with the chargers.
Re:Apple Says It Slows Older iPhones to Save Their Battery Life by valuearb on Thursday December 21, 2017 @04:22PM (#15982890)
Yes, lets have lower battery capacity, and heavier thicker phones so that 2 years from now a user can save $30 replacing their battery.
Re:Apple Says It Slows Older iPhones to Save Their Battery Life by andai on Thursday December 21, 2017 @06:19PM (#15983832)
Like, AAA?
Re:Apple Says It Slows Older iPhones to Save Their Battery Life by elsonrodriguez on Thursday December 21, 2017 @03:17PM (#15982402)
wat
Re:Apple Says It Slows Older iPhones to Save Their Battery Life by valuearb on Thursday December 21, 2017 @04:21PM (#15982884)
They are one of the richest companies because sealed batteries make for substantially better phones.