One of the biggest mobile stories of the month has been Apple’s acknowledgement that it deliberately throttles the performance of its recent phones as their battery life decreases. What does this story reveal about our modern digital rights to the devices we buy? It was only after fairly robust evidence demonstrating that the slowdown directly corresponded to battery state that the company finally formally acknowledged the practice this month. The problem in this case is not that the company was actively throttling users’ devices, but rather that it was doing so without their knowledge or consent. Of course, it’s not just cellphones – most battery-powered rechargeable portable electronic devices today feature non-swappable batteries.

Source: Forbes December 29, 2017 01:18 UTC