Apple just confirmed a longtime conspiracy theory — and gave regular customers a big reason to distrust it
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- Apple on Wednesday admitted it's been secretly throttling the performance of older iPhones.
- The admission outraged even some of the company's biggest fans.
- Customers have good reason to be distrustful of the company and to suspect its motives.
Apple has long inspired an almost religious devotion among customers and tech-aficionados — but it just seriously undermined its fans' faith and loyalty.
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