Apple under fire for allegations of controversial business

"The National goes undercover to investigate some of Apple's controversial business practices including allegations of overpriced repair charges and the battery/slowdown scandal..."
Mordhaussays...

They are extremely easy to repair and costs fuck all for parts. Apple jacks the cost of parts and is doing their best to force you to Apple Authorized repair locations that have to charge a pre-determined cost.

They want their equipment to be disposable, not repairable. They were doing it for years when I worked there and it's only gotten worse.

Mordhaussays...

*quality

Also, he was correct, in humid environments the color sensors will trip even if the device has not seen water damage. Happens on cell phones too.

ulysses1904says...

I have an iPad I got in 2010 which has gotten painfully slow, even after a complete reimage. I read something about Apple throttling down older equipment to encourage you to replace it. Can anyone share any info on this, if it was more than a rumor and if so, did Apple stop doing that?

newtboysays...

True. As I recall, the excuse was to make the batteries last longer when they get old, but they sure did their best to hide it before coming up with that lame excuse.

ulysses1904said:

I have an iPad I got in 2010 which has gotten painfully slow, even after a complete reimage. I read something about Apple throttling down older equipment to encourage you to replace it. Can anyone share any info on this, if it was more than a rumor and if so, did Apple stop doing that?

eric3579says...

They start talking about it @12:20

ulysses1904said:

I have an iPad I got in 2010 which has gotten painfully slow, even after a complete reimage. I read something about Apple throttling down older equipment to encourage you to replace it. Can anyone share any info on this, if it was more than a rumor and if so, did Apple stop doing that?

antsays...

I know iPhones did like 6+ model. Battery replacement fixed it for now. Now, iOS v12 has the option not to throttle down and risk random power offs. I don't recall iPads having this problem though. Have you checked your iOS' battery status to see what is hogging power and how the battery is?

ulysses1904said:

I have an iPad I got in 2010 which has gotten painfully slow, even after a complete reimage. I read something about Apple throttling down older equipment to encourage you to replace it. Can anyone share any info on this, if it was more than a rumor and if so, did Apple stop doing that?

bobknight33says...

I've been in the medical field service business for 30 years. Fixing / installing Cathlabs, Vascular labs,X ray, Mamo and Ultrasound systems.

The battery or such does not cost an arm or a leg. Its the R&D that goes into it. Its the supply chain warehousing parts and the tax on inventory and all that other stuff like profit.

As far as 3rd party servicing. Apple will loose and have to make their service documents/ tools available. Those tools can be different - but come to the same results.



It is in the OEM interests to keep 3rd party service away for many reasons, not just to hoard more business.

We do provide service manuals and parts to 3Rd party. no problem. They are on the web just to get them.



As far as ripping the customer off. That's wrong. Apple will need to address this. I would not think that is common.

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