A former Apple software engineer is whistleblowing, claiming that every time a new iPhone was released, Apple pushed an update that deliberately slowed older models to push people into upgrading.

“I used to be a software engineer at Apple, and with every new phone that was released, malware was installed on the older phones to make you have to update, so your phone's not just glitching. It's doing that on purpose. Share before it's deleted.”

She points to what was already exposed in 2017 during the “Batterygate” scandal, when Apple was caught throttling older iPhones through software updates and ultimately admitted it in court.

Those updates reduced CPU performance, making older phones feel slow, laggy, and unstable.

Apple’s explanation was that the throttling was meant to prevent sudden shutdowns caused by aging lithium‑ion batteries.