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Kenny posted an update 8 years, 4 months ago
This story is important and I had my suspicion not only of Iphones but computers also. Sometimes an update gets downloaded and all of the sudden a working computer slows down. Money dosen’t grow on trees and cellphones and computers neither. If there is foul play we need to see some jail time.
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“Normal commercial practice”…
I used to work in IT. The company provided business IT products and services. It is indeed standard practice to run what are called “end of life” cycles across the industry. Built into the entire sector is the idea that there will be constant change, new models, upgrades, etc. Many business customers depreciate their IT systems over 3 years and plan to replace each item every three years. The whole sector is a market manipulated to create constant upgrades. Most IT companies eagerly embraced cloud computing because it shifts buying cycles to constant procurement through monthly charges hiding the upgrade in the regular billing. Smart cloud providers will ACTUALLY upgrade their underlying equipment less often but will still charge as if they are upgrading. People working in the sector rarely consider what a peculiar set of circumstances operate in their market.
And then there is no external verification that the upgrade has taken place or what it consists of – that’s a “trade secret” so they won’t say! Isn’t this just a con wrapped up in techy language?
Interesting