I find it hard to believe that Apple hasn’t made an internal position to advance their software to the point their old hardware can’t handle he system. If we look to how they handle consumer repairs, we see a clear trend to price repairs over the price of their lowest product offering in the same class.
So, how easy would it be then to ram “features” and new methods into the software that requires the speed bump or move to 64bit or multicore systems. By simply not removing that software or simplifying it for their older phones, they can easily cripple through the processor the previous generation product. The advantage is that it also doesn’t look intentional.
I think the question of why Apple doesn’t allow downgrades is a very good one. It would be very easy to check performance and speed if the consumer could choose to run older OS versions and or enable and disable features on a more granular level that was forced on them in the new updates.
It’s clear these practices benefit the company far more than just a new product offering. This is most likely a decision they’ve made specifically to boost sales.
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I find it hard to believe that Apple hasn’t made an internal position to advance their software to the point their old hardware can’t handle he system. If we look to how they handle consumer repairs, we see a clear trend to price repairs over the price of their lowest product offering in the same class.
So, how easy would it be then to ram “features” and new methods into the software that requires the speed bump or move to 64bit or multicore systems. By simply not removing that software or simplifying it for their older phones, they can easily cripple through the processor the previous generation product. The advantage is that it also doesn’t look intentional.
I think the question of why Apple doesn’t allow downgrades is a very good one. It would be very easy to check performance and speed if the consumer could choose to run older OS versions and or enable and disable features on a more granular level that was forced on them in the new updates.
It’s clear these practices benefit the company far more than just a new product offering. This is most likely a decision they’ve made specifically to boost sales.