Apple Computer + Rupert Murdock = Boycott?

The power of one person is often discussed around here... This is an example of how much influence one person can actually have...

It's just too bad its an evil example...

 

fuckin' hell, just do like me and boycott everything

no worries :2thumbsup:

 

how the hell is this propaganda? and evil at that?
just dont download it. simple enough. i'm sure the majority of people will be "boycotting" this anyway.
1$ a week is overpriced too, imo.

 

Do you know who Rupert Murdock is?

 

well yes based on how he uses law regulations for his purposes. left wingers'd do that too.

so

apple is definitely not just a hardware company.
and the only thing evil is that apple approves the apps that are offered in their app store. this partnership is simply for making an app. it's not being forced onto devices, on the contrary, you'd have to pay to get it!
i consider propaganda to be from the government. you can say rupert has his hands in a bit too many places, but to boycott apple because steve jobs and rupert are making app, so the fuck what.

yes, you're right. make a post about boycotting the app store and apple approving the apps themselves and i'd join the boycott.
this boycott should be boycotting the app they make not apple products. seems like you guys are taking things out of context with this article.

how is it worse? with apple products, you can buy many different software from firefox, to silverlight, to adobe, to w/e and the machine would still work great. plus if you don't like apple's approval on the iOS devices, then jailbreak it.

and why do you think apple is forcing people to download this app?

says who? our democratic and capitalistic system has been the same damn crappy thing for a while. what makes you think the content will change?

 

This reminds me, I need to look into jailbreaking my iPhone. I'm sick of the app store being so restricted.

Scariest thing is how many people buy into the "fair and balanced" catchphrase, and think Murdoch is an honest hard-working son of America type. :/

 

qft

but seriously why would anyone want to buy shitty ipods that break after a year, or the power button breaks and you can't turn it off, or you have to hold it together with a couple rubber bands, or the power cord's rubber strips and you have to hold it a certain way to get it to charge. Not to mention it's a billion times harder to put music on it than any other mp3 player ever.

These same problems probably apply to the laptops and all of their other products but I'm just speaking on behalf of people I know and their fucked up mangled shitty ass ipods. my mp3 player is worth like 30$ and there are no problems at all. /rant

 

I do read (but try not to buy) Murdoch press newspapers among other papers even though I disagree with their editorial about 75% of the time, and the news section is biased and ultra-selective. As long as you are aware of their bias, I think it's good to read things you disagree with so you know what the "others" are thinking, but don't pay for it. If there was a neutral and impartial paper with good quality writers I would buy it, but that doesn't exist.

 

I've been boycotting ALL Apple products ever since people started using them as status symbols, from the very first iPod to every single one of their current line of products. I give a big F-U to all status symbols in life, be they cars, clothes, electronics, etc.

The only Apple products I have ever used in my life were the very FIRST Macintosh computer ever made, that damned grey box, and after that the very FIRST iMac ever made, and both of those I had no choice but to use at school.

 

actually, i haven't had one since the apple ii+ i used to play music with in punk clubs back in the mid-80s [and it was bought used]

they built them tough back then . . .