Is Apple Turning Into the Next "Evil Empire"?

jira writes "'You may think you own your iPad or iPhone but in reality an invisible string links it back to Apple HQ' writes John Naughton. He adds: 'Umberto Eco once wrote a memorable essay arguing that the Apple Mac was a Catholic device, while the IBM PC was a Protestant one. His reasoning was that, like the Roman church, Apple offered a guaranteed route to salvation – the Apple Way – provided one stuck to it. PC users, on the other hand, had to take personal responsibility for working out their own routes to heaven.'"

Comments

But, but, but...

[Anonymous Coward]

I thought Google was the next Evil Empire!

Re:Yes and no

[Jah-Wren Ryel]

I would had wanted to argue "what is there to discuss?", but nevermind.
Is apple _turning_ into the next evil empire?
No, they already are.
Now what?

We need a totally buff chick to throw a giant hammer into the video screen during Jobs's speech at an apple brainwash^d^d^d^d^d^d^d^d^d ... product announcement.

Obligatory

[Hognoxious]

Q: What's the difference between the Pope and Steve Jobs?

A: One of them has a load of sexually deviant followers who obey his every word without question. The other wears a funny hat and lives in Rome.