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Re:Apple's reaction to protests: AirDrop is now limited to 1... by skrowl on Monday November 28, 2022 @03:45PM (#33779341)
It's 100% true, beyond a shadow of a doubt. Not only did it go to court, Apple admitted doing it and paid over $100M in damages.

https://www.npr.org/2020/11/18/936268845/apple-agrees-to-pay...

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Re:Apple's reaction to protests: AirDrop is now limited to 1... by vbezhenar on Monday November 28, 2022 @03:50PM (#33779421)
This article states that Apple did that to increase battery life. Do you have other sources to back your claims?
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Re:Apple's reaction to protests: AirDrop is now limited to 1... by skrowl on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @01:24PM (#33805173)
They LITERALLY lost a court verdict that said they did it to screw customers.

I don't care what Apple's PR said, the court found that the AG complaint of "Many consumers decided that the only way to get improved performance was to purchase a newer-model iPhone from Apple, ... Apple, of course, fully understood such effects on sales." was correct and that Apple had to pay up.

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Re:Apple's reaction to protests: AirDrop is now limited to 1... by umanwizard on Monday November 28, 2022 @04:20PM (#33779861)
Apple admitted slowing down old phones. They DID NOT admit that the reason they did so was to force people to upgrade sooner. That is something you made up.
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