2017, the year of "Batterygate," when tech company titan Apple confesses to intentionally slowing down older iPhones through software updates, igniting public uproar and legal scrutiny. Is this a mere misstep, or a calculated element of a deeper strategy. Each iOS update, each annual product release, seems woven into a grander design to keep consumers ensnared in a never-ending loop of need and waste. As we navigate this engineered maze of fading batteries and obsolete devices, questions loom large. Could this pattern be more than just a drive for profit? What other forces lie behind this cycle, encouraging a culture of endless consumption and environmental toll? This case file, join the Theorists as they dissect the Apple orchard to reveal the rot at the heart of... The iConspiracy: Unplugging the Secrets of Planned Obsolescence.