Re: Apple agrees to settle class action in US over throttling- $500M.

[Arlen Holder]

UPDATE:
o Yet another set of lawsuits won against Apple's lawyers,
admittedly the best on the planet - and yet - they still lose $113M USD
(because Apple secretly purposefully shortened the life of iPhones)
<https://groups.google.com/g/misc.phone.mobile.iphone/c/esbnfB6OSmc>

See also:

o Apple to pay $113 million to settle state investigation into throttling
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/18/apple-fine-battery/>

o Apple agrees to pay $500M for purposefully secretly slowing down iPhones
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/apple-agrees-to-pay-iphone-owners-in-settlement-over-slowing-down-older-models/2020/03/02/c026789c-5c9d-11ea-9055-5fa12981bbbf_story.html>

o Apple admitted to the crime of purposefully secretly shortening iPhone
life
<https://www.economie.gouv.fr/files/files/directions_services/dgccrf/presse/communique/2020/CP-Ralentissement-fonctionnement-iPhone200207.pdf>

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Apologists hate facts!

> UPDATE:
>
> o *Loss of privacy: Google+ users entitled to small cash amount based on settlement*
> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/misc.phone.mobile.iphone/LdDMSwt0NVE>
>
> *Google users only get $12 but Apple iPhone owners get _double_ that!*
> o How to submit your claim in Apple's half a billion dollar secret throtting settlement
> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/misc.phone.mobile.iphone/wm-8YUKl5M0>
>
> *Some countries are asking for more than double that even!*
> o Five countries want Apple to pay consumers more money to settle secret throttling of iPhone CPUs to purposefully shorten device life
> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/misc.phone.mobile.iphone/YKId-GJCdec>
>
> *Android owners won't get much as Google doesn't pull those Apple tricks:*
> o Do any Android phone manufacturers throttle (CPUs, PD Charging, Modems) like Apple consistently does?
> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/misc.phone.mobile.iphone/ZTmmGoAndyM>
>
> In France, the prosecutors office also received $27M USD in criminal files
> from Apple forcing Apple to publicly admit the committed the crime of
> secretly and intentionally knowingly shortening the life of iPhones:
> o Apple agrees to pay 25 million euros fine as Apple admits
> "Apple committed the crime of deceptive commercial practice by omission"
> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/misc.phone.mobile.iphone/l6gAjvW6aqQ>
>
> REFERENCES:
> o BBC: *Apple fined for slowing down old iPhones*
> <https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51413724>
>
> o *France Fines Apple $27 Million for Slowing Down Old iPhones*
> <https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/02/11/france-fines-apple-41-million-for-slowing-down-old-iphones/>
>
> o *Apple Fined 25 Million Euros in France for Slowing Down Older iPhones With iOS Update*
> <https://www.macrumors.com/2020/02/07/apple-fined-25m-euros-france-slowing-down-iphones/>
>
> o *Apple fined $41 million for secretly slowing old iPhones*
> <https://www.smh.com.au/technology/apple-fined-41-million-for-secretly-slowing-old-iphones-20200210-p53z9n.html>
>
> And, given Apologists brazenly deny what Apple openly admits,
> here are screenshots from those sites backing up the facts:
> o <https://i.postimg.cc/BQZ9hZg1/crime00.jpg>
> o <https://i.postimg.cc/d11sJLYJ/crime02.jpg>
> o <https://i.postimg.cc/HnL1QKxH/crime03.jpg>
> o <https://i.postimg.cc/jjkFp5dV/crime04.jpg>
> o <https://i.postimg.cc/rszF8z5S/crime05.jpg>
>
> What the apologists do is play silly semantic games trying to claim that a
> criminal offense and a criminal fine to the criminal system is "not" a
> crime, simply by creative use of their personal translation of French law.
>
> Why do apologist deny what even Apple publicly admitted?
> o And why do apologists always blame Google/Microsoft for what Apple does?
>
> I don't know why, but I suspect they brazenly deny facts simply because...
> o Apologists hate that Apple isn't what MARKETING highly sold them it was.






On Sat, 16 May 2020 08:47:27 +0545, Arlen Holder wrote:

> UPDATE:
> o /Apple's Plan to Pay $500 Million to Settle Lawsuit/
> /Over Secretly Throttling Older iPhones/
> /Gets Preliminary Approval today/
> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/misc.phone.mobile.iphone/jN-h4WvWTEA>
>
> *FACTS*
> o I broke the news to this newsgroup about throttling, not the apologists.
>
> *FACTS*
> This is the 1st thread that broke the news of the _secret_ CPU throttling:
> o *Report says Apple 'Powerd' code secretly slows your iOS device down to trick you into buying a new device*
> <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/misc.phone.mobile.iphone/GdEtzzrc9F0/z57KTsmWAQAJ>
>
> *FACTS*
> o Every subsequent major release from Apple contains _more_ throttling!
>
> *ASSESSMENT*
> o $500M is cheap for Apple to now throttle any phone it ever wants to!
>
> Yippee! This is great for Apple!
> --
> What's not surprising is how brilliant Apple MARKETING is; what's
> surprising is how gullible the typical Apple consumer appears to be.

[Arlen Holder]

The facts show you'd be hard pressed to find any mobile device more poorly
designed than the bulk of today's iPhones...

Simply because most iPhones _require_ throttling just to prevent them from
prematurely being unstable.

You get the unenviable choice:
a. *CHOOSE UNACCEPTABLE PERFORMANCE*, or,
b. *CHOOSE UNACCEPTABLE STABILITY*

You must choose one.

Verbatim, because apologists hate facts, so they deny any and all facts
they simply _hate_ about Apple products (which is a hell of a lot of facts)

"Apple 'fully understood' that by concealing the issues, it could spend a
year profiting off of people who thought they needed to buy a new iPhone,
when they only really needed to replace their phone's battery
to avoid [premature] throttling or unexpected [premature] shutdowns."

o Apple will pay $113 million for throttling iPhones
<https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/18/21573710/apple-battery-gate-throttle-iphones-settlement-amount>
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It's hard to find a mobile device more poorly designed than the iPhone is.