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They got sued for that. I don't know if they still do it though.
I think it’s more nuanced than that. My understanding is that, as the battery degrades, the system limits how fast it can run. If they were to allow it to keep running full speed, the phone would die super quickly. So they made the decision to limit the phones speed to prevent that and that they were sued because there was no transparency about the underlying speed limiting/battery saving processes.
Which is also why when you get a new battery your phone feels super fast again