Apple and Samsung fined for deliberately slowing down phones
▻https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/oct/24/apple-samsung-fined-for-slowing-down-phones
Italian investigation found software updates ‘significantly reduced performance’, hastening new purchases Apple and Samsung are being fined €10m and €5m respectively in Italy for the “planned obsolescence” of their smartphones. An investigation launched in January by the nation’s competition authority found that certain smartphone software updates had a negative effect on the performance of the devices. Believed to be the first ruling of its kind against smartphone manufacturers, the (...)
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