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by CydeWeys 3093 days ago
My phone gives me a warning notification if performance might be getting degraded because the storage is getting full, and provides suggested actions to delete stuff stored locally.

Something about replacing the battery would have been perfectly reasonable for Apple to have suggested similarly, since we know the hardware can detect poor battery performance. Of course, we know why they didn't do this; it would cut into sales of new models.
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JacobJans 3093 days ago
Ironically, I regularly get a warning on my Macbook Pro that I am running out of disk space, even when I have over half left.

The kicker? They try really hard to sell me on paying for iCloud.

Scammy?

Absolutely.

Someone who is NOT computer literate will likely pay for iCloud storage based on false information.

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matthewmacleod 3093 days ago
Do you, though? That sounds like a bug. I have also seen that warning, but only when I have about 10% free space.
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JacobJans 3093 days ago
Do I what? I have a 512gb disk. It has over 300gb free.
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matthewmacleod 3093 days ago
Yeah, this is definitely not a normal thing then. It's certainly not a standard Apple feature to start warning people that they're running out of disk space when there's so much free.
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1123581321 3093 days ago
Your problem is so unusual that I don’t see how it can be deliberate on Apple’s part.
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sarreph 3093 days ago
I personally don’t think that those two things are causally related.

And that’s not with the ‘benefit of the doubt’, either. If you’ve run out of disk/swap space, then it doesn’t matter how much iCloud storage you have, your Mac will still be slow.

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ghouse 3093 days ago
My four year old laptop (Mac) gives me a battery health warning.

I doubt the PM, UI, or otherwise responsible person made the decision to include this warning in MacOS as a way to dissuade me from purchasing a new laptop, just as I doubt that the responsible person intentionally omitted the feature from iOS (when the performance/battery feature was introduced in 10.2.1).

> Of course, we know why they didn't do this; it would cut into sales of new models.

We don't _know_. Many people have suspicions.

> I am certain there is too much certainty in the world - Michael Crichton

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