Apple Arrogance
from the are-they-really-this-stupid dept
There are reports that Apple's advertising agency, Chiat/Day is informing Mac publications that if they want to continue to do business with Apple, they will have to stop any sort of rumor based news reporting about the company. Now, come on folks, that is absurd. Half of the news that is printed in the world is based upon speculation and rumor. Apple is awfully arrogant to assume they can dictate to these publications like this.
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