Ex-Apple Engineer's 'iPhone Slowdown' Claim Goes Viral, Sparks Planned Obsolescence Row
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Australian National Review - Former Software Engineer at Apple is Whistleblowing
Former Software Engineer at Apple is Whistleblowing By Wall Street Apes Former software engineer at Apple is whistleblowing. She says whenever Apple launches a new phone, they would push an update to older iPhones with malware to slow them down. This pushes people to upgrade. “I used to be a software engineer at Apple, and with every new phone that was released, malware was installed on the older phones to make you have to update, so your phone’…
Ex-Apple Engineer's 'iPhone Slowdown' Claim Goes Viral, Sparks Planned Obsolescence Row
A woman claiming to be a former Apple engineer alleges the company slows older iPhones via updates to push upgrades. The viral video has reignited the “planned obsolescence” debate and drawn comparisons to the 2017 Batterygate controversy. The claims remain unverified, and Apple has not responded.
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