Zilele trecute v-am adus la cunostinta faptul ca Apple ar fi limitat conexiunile de internet ale iDevice-urilor cu ajutorul Carrier Bundle-urilor disponibile in iOS. Limitarea s-ar fi facut la cererea operatorilor de telefonie mobila din SUA care n-ar fi avut retele suficient de capabile pentru a sustine traficul. Contrazicand afirmatiile dezvoltatorului care a descoperit totul, cei de la Anandtech explica intr-un articol detaliat de ce informatiile initiale sunt gresite si ca Apple nu ar fi avut vreo motivatie pentru a face acest lucru.
Apple doesn’t limit cellular data throughput on its devices — there’s both no incentive for them to do so, and any traffic management is better off done in the packet core of the respective network operator rather than on devices. Sideloading tweaked carrier bundles isn’t going to magically increase throughput, either. There’s no arbitrary capping of UE Category (User Equipment speed category), throttling on-device, or anything else that would prevent the device from attaching and taking full advantage of whatever the network wants to handshake with.
Combinand explicatia lor cu faptul ca articolul original a fost retras de pe website-ul dezvoltatorului cu pricina, se pare ca afirmatiile au avut la baza nimic mai mult decat faptul ca acel dezvoltator era suparat pe Apple in vreun fel sau altul. Dezvoltatorul genera mod-uri care se pare ca reuseau sa creasca viteza de navigare pe internet prin retelele din SUA, Apple ar fi anuntat operatorii de telefonie mobila in legatura cu acest lucru si a incercat sa blocheze acele mod-uri, iar probabil aceasta a fost sursa intregului articol.
Again, there’s no reason for Apple to want to arbitrarily limit their devices, and the reality is that they don’t, at all, on any version of iPad or iPhone or in any of the carrier bundles they’ve distributed for network operators. If anything, Apple has long been one of the few handset vendors who initially understood the importance of limiting annoying operator customizations. The Carrier Bundles are quite literally the only place in the entire OS they have indirect access (through Apple) to toggles they can play with.
E greu de spus daca exista intr-adevar motive sa ne ingrijoram, sau limitarile impuse direct din serverele operatorilor sunt singura metoda de a ne tine terminalele “in frau”, insa adevarul nu-l vom afla vreodata.
