What's NOT reasonable is Apple CONCEALING this behavior. This led people to believe that they needed a new $1000 phone, instead of a $79 battery replacement.
Something about replacing the battery would have been perfectly reasonable for Apple to have suggested similarly, since we know the hardware can detect poor battery performance. Of course, we know why they didn't do this; it would cut into sales of new models.
The kicker? They try really hard to sell me on paying for iCloud.
Scammy?
Absolutely.
Someone who is NOT computer literate will likely pay for iCloud storage based on false information.
And that’s not with the ‘benefit of the doubt’, either. If you’ve run out of disk/swap space, then it doesn’t matter how much iCloud storage you have, your Mac will still be slow.
I doubt the PM, UI, or otherwise responsible person made the decision to include this warning in MacOS as a way to dissuade me from purchasing a new laptop, just as I doubt that the responsible person intentionally omitted the feature from iOS (when the performance/battery feature was introduced in 10.2.1).
> Of course, we know why they didn't do this; it would cut into sales of new models.
We don't _know_. Many people have suspicions.
> I am certain there is too much certainty in the world - Michael Crichton
The warranty only covers defects, not "wear from normal use". Unless your battery fails completely, Apple aren't going to replace it under warranty.
This worked for me twice.
Ironically, I stopped getting it because the batteries seemed to get better and better every year.
Why they wouldn't also do this on their phones is mighty suspicious.
”iOS 10.2.1
iOS 10.2.1 includes bug fixes and improves the security of your iPhone or iPad.
It also improves power management during peak workloads to avoid unexpected shutdowns on iPhone.
For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website: https://support.apple.com/HT201222 ”
They mention it, and an investigative journalist could have dug deeper based on it, but as is, that’s fairly vague.
And my understanding is that there is no explicit mention in the changelog, just an opaque mention of new power management feature. But again, no one reads changelogs and the folks at Apple know that.
Companies don’t typically tell you the bad news.
We should push companies for the right to repair:
"Failing to disclose" is a better description of what happened.