Apple's $500M iPhone throttling settlements from 2020 edge closer to payment
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Owners of iPhone models who were part of throttling lawsuits that ended up with a $500 settlement from Apple may soon receive their payments, after a judge denied objections against the offer.

Judge clears way for $500M iPhone throttling settlements::Owners of iPhone models who were part of throttling lawsuits that ended up with a $500 settlement from Apple may soon receive their payments, after a judge denied objections against the offer.

  • supercheesecake@aussie.zoneEnglish
    104·
    1 year ago

    Did you have one of these phones? Because I did. I was one of those that experienced this controversy first-hand.

    Most people complaining I’m guessing have very little direct experience with Apple products. Although maybe you do and just have different expectations that 5 year old tech should work the same as a new phone. We still have an iPhone 6 and the original SE in the family. My high school kid uses a 2011 MacBook Air with no problems and I have a 2014 MacBook Pro as a backup laptop for work. These devices last a long time.

    Where they did fuck up is not explaining what they were doing, and the slowdowns were probably more impactful than they expected.

      • supercheesecake@aussie.zoneEnglish
        32·
        1 year ago

        The iPhone 5 was released 2012 with iOS 6. The throttling for old devices was introduced in 2017 with iOS 10.2.1. That’s a big gap.

        Let’s be fair here. Your phone was 5 years old and trying to run the latest OS. If it’s too slow for you, sticking with an older OS version or upgrading to a new phone is probably good advice.