The Apple iPhone battery controversy, widely known as 'Batterygate,' began in late 2017 when users discovered that Apple was intentionally slowing down older iPhone models via iOS updates. Apple claimed this was to prevent unexpected shutdowns caused by aging lithium-ion batteries, but consumers saw it as a tactic for planned obsolescence to force upgrades to newer models. The controversy sparked a massive wave of memes depicting the sudden drop in performance and battery health immediately following a software update notification. These memes typically highlight the irony of a performance improvement update actually rendering a device sluggish, often using tropes of corporate greed or technical betrayal to express user frustration.