Google has confirmed that it will reduce the Pixel 10 line's battery life and charging speed over time to 'stabilize' battery performance.

Google has confirmed that it will reduce the Pixel 10 line’s battery life and charging speed over time to ‘stabilize’ battery performance.

  • Michael@slrpnk.netEnglish
    12·
    12 days ago

    Companies that use child slavery and modern slavery in their batteries holding people hostage to their decisions on how your personal devices should operate…sounds about right.

    When will companies pay reparations to the affected populations for enabling their obscene profit?

    EDIT: And if phones are melting, Google replacing or fixing affected devices or providing refunds is appropriate, I feel.

    • scrion@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      12 days ago

      If only. My wife’s phone is affected by a Google battery recall. You basically get $50 of shut-up money and get to live with a software update that nerfs your phone to an almost unusable state, or you can try and have a local, approved repair shop replace the faulty battery.

      We’re living in a large city, there is exactly one approved store available. You can’t contact them by email, no one has picked up the phone in weeks. She is close taking the $50.