What I'm saying is that Apple will use these type of models etched into chips, and they will do it because it drives obsolescence, so they can shorten the upgrade cycle. They will do it because they figure out it's good for them.
You've confused engineering compromise for malice, and reversed the purpose. For the model capabilities and inference power draw, what alternative do you see to a (at least mostly) fixed hardware model?
No, you still don't understand what I'm saying. Yes, ASICs make inference faster, but also makes the hardware obsolete faster, if it's embedded in a phone. That sounds like a negative, but Apple is going to turn it into a positive for their business and use it to speed up upgrade cycles as cameras are no longer a driving factor and cycles have been getting longer.
