[justsomehnguy]

> would love to have their devices nerfed

I provided an article on how they would love it.

I don't know if you have seen the EDIT in my previous comment.

> what the reason would be for Apple to ever do that

There is one glaring reason - money. I don't know if they would do it but there is no question what they would at least think about it, especially considering they do/would have the knobs to do it.

[apparent]

Can you explain how Apple would make money in the medium-term (let alone long-term) if they used this feature on fully-paid devices?

Also, they have now officially said it won't even be used on leased devices. [1]

1: https://www.theverge.com/tech/972063/apple-upgrade-program-n...