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Apple Blacklists "Rumor Promoting" Publications

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the wonder-where-we-fit-in dept.

Billy_D_Goat writes "Talk about control, Apple has now decided it can block users from recieving media passes at MacWorld Expo It blacklists these users by deciding if they run "rumor promoting" publications. This includs the webmasters of sites which have little to do with rumors or speculation such as Graphicpower.com/." Probably just bitter cuz Steve's thunder seems to get stolen at every show, and their lawyers can't seem to stop it ;)

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  1. Never own a Mac by PD · · Score: 1, Troll

    That's why I can never own a mac. The community should be able to write what they want to write without fear that it will hurt their standing.

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    If tits were wings it'd be flying around.
  2. what? by Jucius+Maximus · · Score: 1, Troll
    So apple expects to get great support from its loyal customer base, but at the same time tries to kick out its most rabid customers who run sites that give apple free press and publicity? This is a move worthy of the RIAA.

    This brings back memories of Apple's "worst business moves era" back in the mid/late 90s.

  3. Re:It's their show by pla · · Score: 1, Troll

    Diminish Jobs' announcements?

    Puh-lease. Perhaps if he didn't try to hype trivialities that would have some validity, but really... Last two I can think of, the iPod and the flat-screen iMacs. Whoop-de-freakin-do. Two things that already existed (albeit in slightly less convenient forms), and people should get all excited? "Now with 18% more Spleem! Act fast, supplies are limited!"

    Of *course* fans will feel dissapointed compared to the rumors, when the company hasn't made a real innovation in years. About the best thing they've done since the early 90's consists of switching to OS-X, but they managed to "dilute" that one by only pushing it on the high-end market at first.

    Overall, sad. Mac fans talk about what a nice, friendly, innovative company Apple seems like, yet every major bit of news we hear about has them screwing someone else. No aqua-clones (even though they lost *that* suit to M$ years ago). No rumor-mills (1st amendment, anyone?). No 3rd-party hardware (amazingly, when they did allow that for a short time, their popularity reached an all-time high).

    Just keep screwing the customers. It appears that artists and business-weenies don't notice anyway, and will defend Apple with their dying breath (sucked out by Apple itself), so no harm done.