https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/10/us_french_government_apple_ios_slowdown/

The chairman of the US Senate Commerce Committee and the French government want answers from Apple about its software "update" that slows older iPhones.

Senator John Thune (R-SD) and the French economy ministry's consumer fraud watchdog DGCCRF have both asked the technology giant pointed questions about its decision to throttle performance on phones that have older batteries.