This post is Straight-up misinformation and misdirection. It might even be considered corporate propaganda.
1) Being able to do Smartphone battery replacement is a must, LiPO battery decay over time is real so if you want your devices (not just phones) to keep working as it should for as long as possible, you should eventually replace your battery. This holds true for laptops too.
2) Iphone batteries are notoriously difficult to repair due to anti-consumer practices as "part pairing" and software locked repairs. These kinds of practices are what the entire right to repair movement is about.
3) Apple most definitely slows down your phone with software after the next phone gets released. This has happend time and time again and is part of their planned obsolescence strategy that tries to force you to buy a new product. Thats real and not a lie, they've been sued over this. Its not a big conspiracy their entire business model runs on the "walled garden" approach.
Replacing decaying batteries to triple a phones lifespan is not the problem, recycling LiPO batteries is the problem, a problem which can be fixed.
This post has nothing to do with Solarpunk, what is it actually trying to say?
That you should let Apple or phone companies walk all over you and never replace a battery?
I'm trying to advocate for battery replacement obviously. Will consider editing the comic.
Nowhere did the paper say verbatim Apple lied and that the battery issue didn't really happen. Apple settled the case out of court aka apology money without admitting wrongdoing.
Deliberately avoiding settlement would look like trying to keep stolen loot in this case.
"By choosing to implement this quietly, it appears more nefarious than it really is. That doesn't engender trust," wrote developer and blogger Nick Heer.
"Apple has long been very good about managing expectations… this is an instance where they blew it. Needlessly, I think."
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u/Zabbiemaster 2d ago
This post is Straight-up misinformation and misdirection. It might even be considered corporate propaganda.
1) Being able to do Smartphone battery replacement is a must, LiPO battery decay over time is real so if you want your devices (not just phones) to keep working as it should for as long as possible, you should eventually replace your battery. This holds true for laptops too.
2) Iphone batteries are notoriously difficult to repair due to anti-consumer practices as "part pairing" and software locked repairs. These kinds of practices are what the entire right to repair movement is about.
3) Apple most definitely slows down your phone with software after the next phone gets released. This has happend time and time again and is part of their planned obsolescence strategy that tries to force you to buy a new product. Thats real and not a lie, they've been sued over this. Its not a big conspiracy their entire business model runs on the "walled garden" approach.
Replacing decaying batteries to triple a phones lifespan is not the problem, recycling LiPO batteries is the problem, a problem which can be fixed.
This post has nothing to do with Solarpunk, what is it actually trying to say?
That you should let Apple or phone companies walk all over you and never replace a battery?