- Senator Marco Rubio blasted Apple for "arrogance" over slowing down iPhones with older batteries without telling customers.
- Apple is facing at least 9 lawsuits over the practice.
- On Thursday, Apple apologized, and promised to add new features to the iOS operating system that would give customers more insight into their battery's health. It will also slash replacement battery prices in 2018.
- Rubio had previously defended Apple in its public fight with the FBI in 2016.
Apple has already apologized for its practice of slowing down iPhones with older batteries — but that apparently wasn't enough for United States Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), who blasted Apple's "arrogance" to his 3.38 million Twitter followers.
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Judging from Rubio's tweet, the senator agrees with that assessment. In his 140-character opinion, Apple should have been more open about what it was doing, and why, even if there was a good reason for it.
It's worth noting that in 2016, Rubio defended Apple in its public spat with the FBI. While Rubio urged Apple to "voluntarily comply" with the FBI's request to unlock the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone, he also supported Apple CEO Tim Cook's claim that building in an "encryption backdoor" in iPhone software would compromise national security.