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Re:Apple and Samsung fined for deliberately slowing down phones by kodablah on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @11:18AM (#18293152)
> A checkbox isn't that hard

A naive assumption. In fact, each checkbox exponentially increases the number of possible runtime environments you have to maintain and test.

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Re:Apple and Samsung fined for deliberately slowing down phones by smichel17 on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @11:40AM (#18293348)
Alternatively, a choice of whether to install the update.

"Installing this update will give you access to feature X, but will slow down your phone."

For comparison, my AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6 forces me to install updates, which I hate. Wasn't my choice to get this particular phone, wouldn't do it again.

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Re:Apple and Samsung fined for deliberately slowing down phones by candiodari on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @02:54PM (#18295288)
Assuming some users choose to install, and some don't, doesn't change the fact that updates will become incredibly expensive support-wise. Exponetially expensive even.

This will mean: almost never updates at all.

Well, I have to admit: my mother will be happy about it.

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Re:Apple and Samsung fined for deliberately slowing down phones by garmaine on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @12:40PM (#18294003)
Not if checking the obscure and hidden "Don't throttle me!" box comes with a warning that it is unsupported. Then you don't have to do any serious maintenance and testing.
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