Apple Investigated By France For 'Planned Obsolescence' (bbc.com)

AmiMoJo shares a report from the BBC: French prosecutors have launched a probe over allegations of "planned obsolescence" in Apple's iPhone. Under French law it is a crime to intentionally shorten the lifespan of a product with the aim of making customers replace it. In December, Apple admitted that older iPhone models were deliberately slowed down through software updates. It follows a legal complaint filed in December by pro-consumer group Stop Planned Obsolescence (Hop). Hop said France was the third country to investigate Apple after Israel and the U.S., but the only one in which the alleged offense was a crime. Penalties could include up to 5% of annual turnover or even a jail term.

Comments

Re:What Apple was doing was opposite, going longer

[gravewax]

I could believe that IF they were popping up a message on users screen explaining the slowdown and that users could just buy a new battery so that they don't think it is time to buy a new phone.

Re:$$S

[gl4ss]

you don't really get it do you? they made it run slower on purpose.

but they will use their excuse that it was to save battery life and money for the customer.

never mind dude that.. it's made on purpose to not be repairable and you cannot change the battery and the battery fails after 2 years as per spec to the level where they started slowing them down on purpose, without telling the customer.

and yeah most people would accept such tradeoffs. but you can't buy a high end internals phone with a removable cover and battery nowadays.