Ex-Apple engineer says Apple deliberately slows older phones via updates

Published: 3 weeks ago (May 20, 2026 at 01:56 AM EDT)

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Source: Hacker News

Article URL: https://www.macobserver.com/news/ex-apple-software-engineer-claims-apple-deliberately-slows-down-old-iphone-models/
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