If they did do that and their competitors didn't then they would have no customers. So either this is a giant conspiracy where everyone is in on it yet no one knows about it or it's just not happening. Simplest explanation is that it's not happening because the idea of a conspiracy that involves millions of people yet none of them have ever mentioned it to another living person is ridiculous.
There's not even circumstantial evidence to suggest they might have. This whole thing is just unfounded.
So, you want people to shut up. So how many dead Notes does it take to make you think there's something wrong?
If it was most, or if the entire theory wasn't based on misinformation, or if it wasn't based on hyperbolic conjecture... People would be more willing to entertain the argument. As it is, the whole idea is worth less than the data cost we've spent transmitting about it.
I don't really care if they don't shut up. I just roll my eyes. There's no need for them to intentionally cripple your phone to get you to buy a new one. These things are used and abused a lot. Expected lifetime for any such device is about 2-3 years. Plus the memory tech we have right now available for phones is of limited lifespan. The NANDflash memories on phones have limited read and writes, and unlike older devices where we hardly do anything apart from take pictures, these are little computers and data gets written and rewritten quickly. This goes the same way for all computer hard drives in laptops, desktops, even NASA supercomputers. Expected lifespan is 5 years of continuous use for most commercial laptop SSDs. Then we have components like the CPU which heat up, batteries. The insides of your phone get really hot, and in the span of 3 years the cooling pastes can just expire. Laptops need cleaning and replacement of the thermal paste after 2 or 3 years. Same as with phones. All this heat will cause internal deterioration. How much you abuse it will dictate how fast your phone breaks down. Basically, your phone just wears down after use, and there's nothing any manufacturer is doing to even speed up the process. They don't need to. If you abuse it too much they'll expect to see you in a year's time, if not too much maybe two or three. And even then, the advances technology is making will make your device feel slow, even if it didn't really become slower. Spec for spec in capability, for example, the Snapdragon 810 from 2015 (placed in phones like the HTCM9 and LG G4) is comparable to a current Snapdragon 625, and phones that have that are mid range are quite slower than current flagships.
Lots of stupid lawsuits go on in the USA. I was on a jury for one of these stupid lawsuits. Most of these are filed by lawyers hoping the corporation will pay them to go away.
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