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Apple Censors Consumer Report iPhone4 Discussions
An anonymous reader writes "Apple has done it again. All threads about Consumer Report's iPhone4 non-recommendation are removed or deleted.
If it happened once, maybe you'd say it was a glitch. But what if it happened twice? Three times? Four times, five, six?"
wow...
ONe reason I refuse to be assimilated into the Apple Kollektiv
Perfect thread for you to troll!
Peace out!
This is not censorship - Apple, being the owners of the discussion board, has every right to modify the content on said boards to be flattering to it. This is not a technology issue - 50 years ago, television networks were completely in their rights to not broadcast advertisements that were critical of, say, their newscasts. This is no different, and by "crying 1984" like this, ironically, we become *more* susceptible to the true censorship alluded to in 1984.
TRUE CENSORSHIP (aka "the thing we should be worried about") would be the use of governement authority to prevent messages from being published in any publically accessible forum.
Calling this censorship is like calling
All threads* about Consumer Report's iPhone4 non-recommendation are removed or deleted.
*on Apple's discussion sites. Threads about the non-recommendation on Slashdot, Fark, Digg, Reddit, Usenet, PC Magazine, Consumer Reports, and every other discussion site in the world.
Since when do you have an unlimited right to protest, using the medium that's run by the person you're protesting? If I write an angry letter critical of the New York Times to the New York Times, do I have a right to insist that they print it? And if they don't, is that censorship, particularly when every other newspaper is happy to print it?
I agree as long as that person has innocent intent. Consumer Reports clearly created this article to sell copies rather than push factual information. Also, the reality is that a good amount of this type of "information" that was on the newsgroups was being put there by marketing firms who are being paid to push a certain agenda. The article "Is the Iphone 4 Apple's Vista" comes to mind here...
Lets cut to the chase... If Apple is so concerned about negative information on the iPhone 4, do you honestly think that there would be a 3 week lead time on shipping the of the phone? No, they would not. Also, the antenna issue is completely overblown, and I am sure Consumer Reports knows this internally...
It's only censorship when the government does it.
Free people reserve the right not to support their detractors.
What this is, however, is an embarrassment for Apple, increasing the infamy of the discussion, rather than squelching it, as other, coincidentally also free people, point out what Apple's doing so they can be mocked and criticized.
(-1: Post disagrees with my already-settled worldview) is not a valid mod option.
I am sure you would say the EXACT same thing if Microsoft was doing it.
Yup, sure you would.
You fanbois crack me up. So drunk on Apple Cider you can even see your own hypocrisy.
I'll try anything once. Twice if it tastes good