If the average user blows past this message, it has no impact on their life.
In other news I updated my phone to iOS 15 and put it down to charge last night. When I woke up it was hot, and my battery has gone from 100% to 15% since 7:30am. I gotta get off this ecosystem.
"My phone's battery life has suddenly become much worse" sure sounds like a major impact to me.
The turned off pings use an ultra low power mode similar to the airtags which should last months on a "flat" battery.
No. The phone got charged. That’s made clear in the quote. Something is draining it post-charge.
So it works best for everyone. The average person can track their stolen phones now. And people hiding from the government can still turn it off.