• million@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    It was more that older batteries can’t handle the power draw, so they would shut down if the power draw spiked by an expensive operation.

    It was a really bad user experience so Apple throttled so phones wouldn’t crash.

    • GingeyBook@lemm.ee
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      5 months ago

      Oh I thought it was just to get some extra juice out of the batteries, thanks for the info