OnePlus admits to throttling phones after launch to improve battery life

It's a way to manipulate reviews, giving the reviewers a false impression of the devices' actual performance:

> It's pretty troubling that the company decided to lower the device performance after the phone was released and reviewed by most outlets. Now customers aren't getting what they were expecting. This isn't just minor tweaking either. AnandTech's article shows some Chrome tests turning in numbers that are 85-75 percent lower than they should be.

If so, then that decision should be enacted by you, and only you. The only reason to hide things like this is to get away with a lie, elsewhere. Consumers need to be given total control of the devices they use - the idea that they can't or shouldn't simply enables more lies and misdirection from relevant market factors, like actual performance, security, sustainability, interoperability, and accessibility.

Walled gardens are monopolistic microcosms used to exploit the ignorance and unearned good faith of consumers. Marketing has turned into the science of maintaining the ignorance of your target market, actively suppressing users ability to understand and engage with their technology in a competent and informed manner.