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[1137.74 --> 1140.44] Apparently, people are linking the body pillow in Discord.
[1141.52 --> 1146.20] But, like, because I'm assuming our bot blocks out links.
[1146.70 --> 1147.90] Oh, yeah, that makes sense.
[1148.00 --> 1149.00] But then I'm not signed in.
[1149.00 --> 1150.52] Well, we can cross that bridge when we get to it.
[1150.60 --> 1150.78] Yeah.
[1151.58 --> 1152.20] All right.
[1152.32 --> 1153.36] What else do we got here?
[1154.04 --> 1154.88] Oh, boy.
[1155.02 --> 1155.78] This again.
[1156.86 --> 1161.68] Apple slows down last year's iPhones with iOS 12.1.
[1162.86 --> 1169.98] I mean, there was a whole thing where iOS 12 was actually giving people with older phones significantly better performance.
[1169.98 --> 1173.62] Like, a lot of people were giving Apple really positive feedback about iOS 12.
[1173.62 --> 1177.66] It looks like they've taken all that positive feedback and put it in a fire.
[1177.66 --> 1186.86] So, with iOS 12.1, Apple has brought its controversial performance management feature to the iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and 10.
[1186.86 --> 1193.48] So, this functionality throttles the phone's processor as its battery degrades over time.
[1193.54 --> 1198.18] And it can stop the handset from randomly shutting down, which is good.
[1198.18 --> 1204.24] But it can also cause its performance to degrade, which is less good.
[1204.24 --> 1210.28] And the good counterpoint to that last point is that it can be turned off if desired.
[1210.28 --> 1214.16] Now, I have an easy solution to this problem.
[1215.22 --> 1222.78] How about Apple puts bigger batteries in their phones in the first place if they care about the user experience?
[1223.58 --> 1224.28] I actually was...
[1224.90 --> 1225.04] Okay.
[1225.38 --> 1228.02] And again, I haven't done the background research on this.
[1228.08 --> 1229.90] I haven't done my car review yet.
[1229.94 --> 1231.70] So, I still have some digging to do.
[1232.00 --> 1236.00] But I was impressed to hear when I walked onto the lot and I told...
[1236.00 --> 1237.20] This was at a Chevy dealership.
[1237.24 --> 1238.96] I told them I was already planning to buy their car.
[1238.96 --> 1240.72] And I told them my reasoning.
[1241.04 --> 1253.36] The reason that I wanted the Chevy Volt was because the electric range was advertised such that even when I factored in five years of lithium cell aging and cold weather,
[1253.78 --> 1257.48] I would still get the desired range, which was about 45 kilometers.
[1257.60 --> 1260.68] And they were like, oh, that's not actually how it works.
[1261.02 --> 1265.78] We only discharge the battery down to about 30%.
[1265.78 --> 1271.02] And we only charge it up to about 80%, like when it rolls off the lot.
[1271.56 --> 1277.78] And so, you're actually only using about half of the capacity of the battery from day one.
[1277.86 --> 1283.28] And then over time, as the cells degrade, it will expose more of it so that...
[1283.28 --> 1284.90] And I forget what the period of time it was.
[1284.94 --> 1287.16] It was either five or ten years or whatever it was.
[1287.42 --> 1293.88] Over the period of time that you use the car, there should be no noticeable difference in the user experience.
[1294.84 --> 1300.14] And so, on the Android side of things, what they do is they just stuff gigantic batteries in the phones as big as they can.
[1300.20 --> 1301.88] You look at something like the OnePlus 6T.
[1301.88 --> 1306.10] It's actually a really slim device, and it's got a 3,700 milliamp hour battery.
[1306.30 --> 1306.36] Yeah.
[1307.68 --> 1311.32] And they give you all of it, and then it just degrades over time.
[1311.52 --> 1315.88] I can get behind that particular approach.
[1316.62 --> 1319.78] Like, obviously, the ideal one would be you have extra.
[1320.30 --> 1323.90] You build in spare area so that the user's experience is always consistent.
[1324.46 --> 1328.62] But when you're going to have competitors that are exposing all the battery capacity,
[1329.44 --> 1332.06] you have to be able to go toe-to-toe with them in reviews.
[1332.12 --> 1333.78] So, I understand why you can't really do that.
[1333.86 --> 1336.84] I'm also more okay with the fully exposed battery on a phone,
[1337.28 --> 1340.06] and I'm more okay with the not fully exposed battery on a car.
[1340.26 --> 1340.74] You know what I mean?
[1340.94 --> 1341.16] Yep.
[1341.44 --> 1343.40] Like a phone, you're going to be cycling it out.
[1343.48 --> 1345.42] A car, you're probably going to want to keep for a longer period of time.
[1345.46 --> 1345.64] Yep.
[1345.78 --> 1347.24] And resale and all that kind of stuff.
[1347.24 --> 1352.52] And then Apple's approach is, in order to preserve battery life and make sure the device doesn't turn off,
[1352.52 --> 1356.48] it is to throttle the performance.
[1358.06 --> 1360.30] I'm kind of surprised they're sticking with this.
[1361.08 --> 1364.38] Like, I get that if this was the plan all along,
[1364.46 --> 1366.96] to roll this out for the iPhone 8, the 8 Plus, and the X,
[1367.44 --> 1370.12] that by the time this whole thing blew up in their face,
[1370.14 --> 1373.52] it was probably too late to set a different course.
[1374.14 --> 1376.86] Like, in order to keep these phones from turning off,
[1376.94 --> 1380.30] because they were so close to, like, the bleeding edge,
[1380.30 --> 1382.96] where they were going to potentially draw too much power
[1382.96 --> 1386.64] once they were down to a low percentage of battery life left,
[1386.68 --> 1387.88] and they were just going to, like, turn off.
[1388.84 --> 1393.16] Like, if that was the plan, there's nothing that they can do to undo that,
[1393.36 --> 1398.34] other than just change the amount of battery life that is exposed to the user,
[1398.64 --> 1404.24] so that the old 15% becomes 0% to make sure that it won't just turn off.
[1404.24 --> 1406.26] And I'd be more mad about that personally.
[1406.50 --> 1407.82] I think most people would be.
[1407.96 --> 1408.08] Yeah.
[1408.32 --> 1408.52] Yeah.
[1410.02 --> 1415.16] But I would like to see if maybe they change this strategy moving forward.
[1416.36 --> 1418.10] Whether that be, like, I don't know.
[1418.16 --> 1419.30] I don't even know what they would do.
[1419.40 --> 1421.72] Do they try and get more power efficient on the processor
[1421.72 --> 1423.68] and worry less about delivering more performance?
[1424.16 --> 1425.10] Because that would work.
[1425.76 --> 1427.22] Well, you can turn it off, right?
[1427.40 --> 1428.52] You can turn the feature off.
[1428.68 --> 1428.92] Yes.
[1428.92 --> 1433.80] You know, here's the thing.
[1435.76 --> 1437.12] My aunt needs a new phone.
[1437.18 --> 1438.58] Did I talk about this on Wenshow last week?
[1438.86 --> 1439.42] Don't think so.
[1439.68 --> 1439.90] Okay.
[1440.00 --> 1441.16] So my aunt needs a new phone.
[1441.96 --> 1446.24] And I feel like it's really easy sometimes for people like us
[1446.24 --> 1448.94] and people like our viewers, who I'm generalizing,
[1449.06 --> 1450.94] but probably in a way that's pretty accurate,
[1450.94 --> 1455.76] are among the more tech-savvy people in their social circles.
[1456.58 --> 1456.68] Right?
[1456.68 --> 1463.32] So what Apple's doing is annoying to us, and it feels wrong to us.
[1463.48 --> 1467.70] But you've got to remember that Apple is not, like, some enthusiast brand.

[1137.74 --> 1140.44] Apparently, people are linking the body pillow in Discord.

[1141.52 --> 1146.20] But, like, because I'm assuming our bot blocks out links.

[1146.70 --> 1147.90] Oh, yeah, that makes sense.

[1148.00 --> 1149.00] But then I'm not signed in.

[1149.00 --> 1150.52] Well, we can cross that bridge when we get to it.

[1150.60 --> 1150.78] Yeah.

[1151.58 --> 1152.20] All right.

[1152.32 --> 1153.36] What else do we got here?

[1154.04 --> 1154.88] Oh, boy.

[1155.02 --> 1155.78] This again.

[1156.86 --> 1161.68] Apple slows down last year's iPhones with iOS 12.1.

[1162.86 --> 1169.98] I mean, there was a whole thing where iOS 12 was actually giving people with older phones significantly better performance.

[1169.98 --> 1173.62] Like, a lot of people were giving Apple really positive feedback about iOS 12.

[1173.62 --> 1177.66] It looks like they've taken all that positive feedback and put it in a fire.

[1177.66 --> 1186.86] So, with iOS 12.1, Apple has brought its controversial performance management feature to the iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and 10.

[1186.86 --> 1193.48] So, this functionality throttles the phone's processor as its battery degrades over time.

[1193.54 --> 1198.18] And it can stop the handset from randomly shutting down, which is good.

[1198.18 --> 1204.24] But it can also cause its performance to degrade, which is less good.

[1204.24 --> 1210.28] And the good counterpoint to that last point is that it can be turned off if desired.

[1210.28 --> 1214.16] Now, I have an easy solution to this problem.

[1215.22 --> 1222.78] How about Apple puts bigger batteries in their phones in the first place if they care about the user experience?

[1223.58 --> 1224.28] I actually was...

[1224.90 --> 1225.04] Okay.

[1225.38 --> 1228.02] And again, I haven't done the background research on this.

[1228.08 --> 1229.90] I haven't done my car review yet.

[1229.94 --> 1231.70] So, I still have some digging to do.

[1232.00 --> 1236.00] But I was impressed to hear when I walked onto the lot and I told...

[1236.00 --> 1237.20] This was at a Chevy dealership.

[1237.24 --> 1238.96] I told them I was already planning to buy their car.

[1238.96 --> 1240.72] And I told them my reasoning.

[1241.04 --> 1253.36] The reason that I wanted the Chevy Volt was because the electric range was advertised such that even when I factored in five years of lithium cell aging and cold weather,

[1253.78 --> 1257.48] I would still get the desired range, which was about 45 kilometers.

[1257.60 --> 1260.68] And they were like, oh, that's not actually how it works.

[1261.02 --> 1265.78] We only discharge the battery down to about 30%.

[1265.78 --> 1271.02] And we only charge it up to about 80%, like when it rolls off the lot.

[1271.56 --> 1277.78] And so, you're actually only using about half of the capacity of the battery from day one.

[1277.86 --> 1283.28] And then over time, as the cells degrade, it will expose more of it so that...

[1283.28 --> 1284.90] And I forget what the period of time it was.

[1284.94 --> 1287.16] It was either five or ten years or whatever it was.

[1287.42 --> 1293.88] Over the period of time that you use the car, there should be no noticeable difference in the user experience.

[1294.84 --> 1300.14] And so, on the Android side of things, what they do is they just stuff gigantic batteries in the phones as big as they can.

[1300.20 --> 1301.88] You look at something like the OnePlus 6T.

[1301.88 --> 1306.10] It's actually a really slim device, and it's got a 3,700 milliamp hour battery.

[1306.30 --> 1306.36] Yeah.

[1307.68 --> 1311.32] And they give you all of it, and then it just degrades over time.

[1311.52 --> 1315.88] I can get behind that particular approach.

[1316.62 --> 1319.78] Like, obviously, the ideal one would be you have extra.

[1320.30 --> 1323.90] You build in spare area so that the user's experience is always consistent.

[1324.46 --> 1328.62] But when you're going to have competitors that are exposing all the battery capacity,

[1329.44 --> 1332.06] you have to be able to go toe-to-toe with them in reviews.

[1332.12 --> 1333.78] So, I understand why you can't really do that.

[1333.86 --> 1336.84] I'm also more okay with the fully exposed battery on a phone,

[1337.28 --> 1340.06] and I'm more okay with the not fully exposed battery on a car.

[1340.26 --> 1340.74] You know what I mean?

[1340.94 --> 1341.16] Yep.

[1341.44 --> 1343.40] Like a phone, you're going to be cycling it out.

[1343.48 --> 1345.42] A car, you're probably going to want to keep for a longer period of time.

[1345.46 --> 1345.64] Yep.

[1345.78 --> 1347.24] And resale and all that kind of stuff.

[1347.24 --> 1352.52] And then Apple's approach is, in order to preserve battery life and make sure the device doesn't turn off,

[1352.52 --> 1356.48] it is to throttle the performance.

[1358.06 --> 1360.30] I'm kind of surprised they're sticking with this.

[1361.08 --> 1364.38] Like, I get that if this was the plan all along,

[1364.46 --> 1366.96] to roll this out for the iPhone 8, the 8 Plus, and the X,

[1367.44 --> 1370.12] that by the time this whole thing blew up in their face,

[1370.14 --> 1373.52] it was probably too late to set a different course.

[1374.14 --> 1376.86] Like, in order to keep these phones from turning off,

[1376.94 --> 1380.30] because they were so close to, like, the bleeding edge,

[1380.30 --> 1382.96] where they were going to potentially draw too much power

[1382.96 --> 1386.64] once they were down to a low percentage of battery life left,

[1386.68 --> 1387.88] and they were just going to, like, turn off.

[1388.84 --> 1393.16] Like, if that was the plan, there's nothing that they can do to undo that,

[1393.36 --> 1398.34] other than just change the amount of battery life that is exposed to the user,

[1398.64 --> 1404.24] so that the old 15% becomes 0% to make sure that it won't just turn off.

[1404.24 --> 1406.26] And I'd be more mad about that personally.

[1406.50 --> 1407.82] I think most people would be.

[1407.96 --> 1408.08] Yeah.

[1408.32 --> 1408.52] Yeah.

[1410.02 --> 1415.16] But I would like to see if maybe they change this strategy moving forward.

[1416.36 --> 1418.10] Whether that be, like, I don't know.

[1418.16 --> 1419.30] I don't even know what they would do.

[1419.40 --> 1421.72] Do they try and get more power efficient on the processor

[1421.72 --> 1423.68] and worry less about delivering more performance?

[1424.16 --> 1425.10] Because that would work.

[1425.76 --> 1427.22] Well, you can turn it off, right?

[1427.40 --> 1428.52] You can turn the feature off.

[1428.68 --> 1428.92] Yes.

[1428.92 --> 1433.80] You know, here's the thing.

[1435.76 --> 1437.12] My aunt needs a new phone.

[1437.18 --> 1438.58] Did I talk about this on Wenshow last week?

[1438.86 --> 1439.42] Don't think so.

[1439.68 --> 1439.90] Okay.

[1440.00 --> 1441.16] So my aunt needs a new phone.

[1441.96 --> 1446.24] And I feel like it's really easy sometimes for people like us

[1446.24 --> 1448.94] and people like our viewers, who I'm generalizing,

[1449.06 --> 1450.94] but probably in a way that's pretty accurate,

[1450.94 --> 1455.76] are among the more tech-savvy people in their social circles.

[1456.58 --> 1456.68] Right?

[1456.68 --> 1463.32] So what Apple's doing is annoying to us, and it feels wrong to us.

[1463.48 --> 1467.70] But you've got to remember that Apple is not, like, some enthusiast brand.