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[–] [email protected] 109 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The fact they can legally charge a subscription for a fitted feature that does not pose any continuous cost for the company is insane

[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It should be forbidden by law.

[–] Cheers 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Next we're going to get a subscription fee to unlock the full potential of our phone batteries. But if we don't pay, at least we'll have 50% of the battery 🤮

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Look, just go buy a different phone if you don't like it. Doing it this way subsidizes the price for those that don't need the extra battery size. Plus studies have shown it's actually good for the battery!

/s in case that wasn't obvious

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Every company is doing it. Old batteries throttle so they don’t just cut out on you. I wish people would actually learn about how this stuff works before APPLE BADing, but hey. I can’t expect that much from the internet.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But since it's not, don't buy anything from those companies.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Flip it to instead focus on them forcing limited lifespans for the cars by doing this and then dropping support.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

The fact they can legally charge a subscription for a fitted feature that does not pose any continuous cost for the company is insane

It's called "Rent-Seeking Behavior" and it has infected essentially every single fucking millimeter of the market.

You'll own nothing and you'll fucking like it.

[–] winterayars 4 points 1 year ago