Batterygate
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- A controversy in which Apple intentionally slowed down the performance of older iPhones.
- 2018 January 2, Jason Perlow, “Batterygate: Apple betrayed its customers and now it faces a world of hurt”, in ZDNET[2]:
- Apple's Batterygate is a bit different than the Volkswagen scandal -- there's no direct environmental damage here (other than old phones prematurely destined for trash heaps) but the loss of trust the company is likely to incur might be just as significant.