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- Apple slapped with $27 million fine for slowing down older phones
Posted by : Brij Bhushan
Friday 7 February 2020
A French regulator today revealed it’d fined Apple €25 million (just over $27 million) over its throttling of older iPhones. Since Apple didn’t warn customers, the ruling goes, it essentially lied by omission to get users to buy new devices. The fine comes from the Directorate General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Prevention (DGCCRF), a competition and fraud watchdog. It accused the company specifically of failing to warn users that iOS versions 10.2.1 and 11.2 would slow down the 6, 7, and SE models. The DGCCRF released an announcement revealing that Apple had agreed to pay the fine. The French Apple site also…
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