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Re:Apple Agrees to Pay $113M to Settle 'Batterygate' Case ov... by cheeze on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @06:51PM (#25144315)
I agree about the confusion, btu the issue AFAICT is more about the fact that they didn't offer consumers any way to rectify the issue
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Re:Apple Agrees to Pay $113M to Settle 'Batterygate' Case ov... by sthnblllII on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @06:57PM (#25144374)
Have the plaintiffs requested some kind of battery notification? Their angle has always been accusing Apple of planned obsolescence, which seems laughable compared to how little long-term support Android phones get.
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Re:Apple Agrees to Pay $113M to Settle 'Batterygate' Case ov... by Karunamon on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @07:26PM (#25144662)
I think they added that around the time the lawsuit was initially filed. You'll get a popup notice when throttling is applied, you have an option to disable throttling (at risk of shutdowns at low charge), and the health metric is exposed in settings now.
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Re:Apple Agrees to Pay $113M to Settle 'Batterygate' Case ov... by onion2k on Thursday November 19, 2020 @02:23AM (#25147047)
Their angle has always been accusing Apple of planned obsolescence, which seems laughable compared to how little long-term support Android phones get.

Apple making phones that last a little longer than Google doesn't mean Apple make products that last. That just means that both Google and Apple are designing products that fail unreasonably quickly.

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Re:Apple Agrees to Pay $113M to Settle 'Batterygate' Case ov... by sthnblllII on Sunday November 22, 2020 @03:31PM (#25180779)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_14#Supported_devices

Google isn't the one failing to keep software up to date, its the hardware partners like Samsung.

https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/18/21373308/samsung-three-ge...

> Samsung generally promised two years of updates

After 2 years you are at the mercy of zero days and hackers. iOS 14 works on phones that are over 5 years old.

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