Back in2017, Apple confessed to< a data-ga="[["Embedded Url","Internal link","https://gizmodo.com/apple-says-poor-performance-in-aging-iphones-is-part-of-1821475602",{"metric25":1}]] href=” https://gizmodo.com/apple-says-poor-performance-in-aging-iphones-is-part-of-1821475602″ > throttling older iPhones with new software application updates. It stimulated the ire of iPhone users everywhere and a< a data-ga="[["Embedded Url","Internal link","https://gizmodo.com/1822301631",{"metric25":1}]] href=" https://gizmodo.com/ 1822301631" > number< a data-ga="[["Embedded Url","Internal link","https://gizmodo.com/of-course-apple-is-getting-sued-over-the-old-iphone-thr-1821527096",{"metric25":1}]] href=" https://gizmodo.com/of-course-apple-is-getting-sued-over-the-old-iphone-thr-1821527096" > of claims, leading Apple to offer < a data-ga=" [["Embedded Url","Internal link","https://gizmodo.com/apple-gives-in-to-furious-customers-slashes-price-on-i-1821634150",{"metric25":1}]] href=" https://gizmodo.com/apple-gives-in-to-furious-customers-slashes-price-on-i-1821634150" > reduced battery replacements Today, the DGCCRF, France’s customer watchdog group, has slapped Applewith a EUR25 million( $274 million) fine for< a data-ga="[["Embedded Url","External link","https://www.economie.gouv.fr/dgccrf/transaction-avec-le-groupe-apple-pour-pratique-commerciale-trompeuse",{"metric25":1}]] href=" https://www.economie.gouv.fr/dgccrf/transaction-avec-le-groupe-apple-pour-pratique-commerciale-trompeuse" rel=" noopener noreferrer" target=" _ blank" > stopping working to notify consumers that upgrading their software application would result in slower iPhones.
In addition to the fine, for the next month, Apple’s French website will now need to display a notification on < a data-ga ="[["Embedded Url","External link","https://www.apple.com/fr/iphone/",{"metric25":1}]] href =" https://www.apple.com/fr/iphone/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target =" _ blank "> its iPhone page notifying customers it had misinformed them. Approximately translated, the notification states that in December2017, public prosecutors had gotten a complaint from a customer advocacy group relating to the iPhone downturns. Following an examination, the DGCCRF identified Apple had taken part in “misleading commercial practice by omission” by throttling the iPhones 6 series, iPhone SE, and iPhone 7 starting with the iOS 10.2.1 updates.
The advocacy group referenced is H