I didn't pick Apple for their marketing, their fanatics, or their devoted press. I picked Apple because the platform suited my needs. I liked the design of the PowerBook and I liked the design and feel of the OS. Those are the most important factors in my book.
In fact, I got my PowerBook because I enjoy my iPod Mini so much. I recognized good design (at least, good design for my purposes, YMMV). Zealotry never really was a consideration.
It's not being a fanboy to say that Google responded exactly as they should have, especially acknowledging the fact that cloaked pages are questionable in any form. Being a fanboy implies undying devotion irrespective of the facts. Google was caught doing something questionable, but provided a perfectly reasonable explanation and recourse for those acts, and thus maintained their public image as a company with integrity. If they had said "deal with it," or even just fixed the pages with an "oops," I don't think the response would be quite the same, but they made a meaningful gesture that they messed up and will pay for it. What more can you ask of them?
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I didn't pick Apple for their marketing, their fanatics, or their devoted press. I picked Apple because the platform suited my needs. I liked the design of the PowerBook and I liked the design and feel of the OS. Those are the most important factors in my book. In fact, I got my PowerBook because I enjoy my iPod Mini so much. I recognized good design (at least, good design for my purposes, YMMV). Zealotry never really was a consideration.
It's not being a fanboy to say that Google responded exactly as they should have, especially acknowledging the fact that cloaked pages are questionable in any form. Being a fanboy implies undying devotion irrespective of the facts. Google was caught doing something questionable, but provided a perfectly reasonable explanation and recourse for those acts, and thus maintained their public image as a company with integrity. If they had said "deal with it," or even just fixed the pages with an "oops," I don't think the response would be quite the same, but they made a meaningful gesture that they messed up and will pay for it. What more can you ask of them?