The iPhone is staging a quiet revolution in how we charge our devices

Apple is getting a lot of flak for setting up iPhones to charge when the sun shines or the wind blows. The feature, called “Clean Energy Charging,” incited a tiny but vehement Twitter rebellion as critics, many slammed it as yet another “woke” front in the culture war. Others worried they would wake up to a depleted battery if their iPhones charged mostly when the grid is cleanest. All of this misses the quiet revolution this feature represents for you and the electricity grid. When it rolled out its new operating system in October, Apple proved overnight that millions of ordinary people will use their devices to help manage the electricity grid.

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flak：高射炮，对空火炮，广告，宣传，抨击

incite：刺激，激励，引诱

tiny：微小的

vehement：热烈的，激烈的

rebellion：谋反，叛乱（rebel 反抗的）

incite a tiny but vehement rebellion as critic：刺激一小撮人作为评论者引发热烈的反击

deplete：耗尽，衰竭

ordinary：平常的，普通的

roll out：推出