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Weird statement since Apple support their devices for 7 years after launch.
1 year is worse than basically every major mobile device manufacturer, even ASUS where they give you two years then the device will never get updates again.
This is get one year then pay a subscription and maybe they’ll keep doing updates. I couldn’t find a commitment on their site.
And then they make your device slower after 3 to make you buy a new one
That has been rectified in 2017. iPhones these days do not slow down with new software updates any more than any other phone. They do throttle performance, if the battery is degraded to much but this is both communicated clearly and easily reversed by replacing the battery (even if you do it yourself or have it done by a third party, instead of paying apple’s admittedly high price).
Apple have plenty of anti-consumer behavior in other places. Treading around on an issue that is older than any currently supported iPhone, however, instead on focusing on current issues (like lack of app sideloading anywhere but in the EU, for example) is not conducive to actually getting Apple (or other corporations) to change their behavior. This battle has already been won.
iOS underclocks the CPU when battery condition is poor / doesn’t hold charge very long.
You can turn off the throttling in settings or just get a battery replacement.