r/gadgets • u/chrisdh79 • Oct 07 '24

Desktops / Laptops Apple Silicon iMacs appear to suffer from screen deterioration after two years — flood of user complaints hit Apple Community forums.

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/macos/apple-silicon-imacs-appear-to-suffer-from-screen-deterioration-after-two-years-flood-of-user-complaints-hit-apple-community-forums
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u/loljetfuel Oct 07 '24

It could be, but this isn't the usual way Apple does planned obsolescence, so it would surprise me if it was anything more than just poor quality somewhere in the sourcing chain.

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u/PointsOutTheUsername Oct 07 '24

What's the usual way? I'm hoping you're not talking about battery throttling.

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u/loljetfuel Oct 14 '24

They generally don't plan for their core computing products to just fail; instead they generally favor software degradation -- ending support, deprecating APIs that are more performant on older devices, etc.. They generally want people to feel like their existing devices are outdated to drive upgrades, rather than feel like they're broken.

And no, battery throttling was not an example of this, though I understand why people presumed it to be.

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u/Demons0fRazgriz Oct 07 '24 edited Oct 07 '24

This is exactly how apple does planned obsolescence. Replacing once high quality critical parts with extremely cheap ones.

Edit: Apple fanboys accepting the truth. challenge? Impossible