Apple has been fined 25 million euros for cautiously slowing down older iPhones. I am completely shocked when I saw the news. When everyone thinks Apple company is probably one of the most successful companies in the world; yet, Apple is still using this unethical way to make people upgrade their phones. According to what Apple said, they did only for prolonging devices’ life. When they intentionally slowing your iPhone down, the batteries could become less capable of supplying demands, taking much longer to react to an app. Your iPhone can get unexpectedly shutting down if the batteries have been severely damaged over time.
I personally think Apple is a great technology company, but I don’t think it’s ethical to deliberately slow down users’ phones. After reading this news, it reminds me of another news about Facebook got fined $5 billion for privacy claims. Both Facebook and Apple are extremely well-known companies yet both got fined because lying to the users one way another. I think no matter how successful a company is, the most essential thing is to be ethical and showing users their respect and giving them the privacy they deserve.
source:https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51413724