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wetpaws · 2018-05-31 19:01:00

Knowing Apple I would be very surprised that it is a false accusation.

gress | karma 1557 | avg karma 0.91 · | 2013-12-01 22:29:57

So you assume apple is simply lying?

shrumm | karma 778 | avg karma 8.37 · | 2018-03-26 00:34:41+00:00

do you have any citations to back this up? that’s a serious claim. Huge breach of trust by Apple if true.

equoid | karma 30 | avg karma 0.86 · | 2015-03-15 14:42:55+00:00

So, do you have any actual proof of this allegation or is it just another gratuitous accusation from an Apple hater?

Bud | karma 9252 | avg karma 2.94 · | 2021-03-01 21:26:02+00:00

Downvoting of this comment is ludicrous.

This is a very serious accusation and it's irresponsible to fling around such charges without evidence.

There's no way Apple is doing this.

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Xuzz | karma 2412 | avg karma 4.25 · | 2013-03-21 20:50:31+00:00

How do you know that more about this than Apple does? I don't see any reason to believe they're lying, from what you said?

giuliomagnifico | karma 40577 | avg karma 8.14 · | 2024-01-12 18:55:21

It would be legit but unfortunately I think it's very difficult to prove (to a court) that Apple knew and intentionally did nothing.

kerng | karma 6135 | avg karma 3.14 · | 2018-10-05 07:27:47+00:00

This will be interesting to follow, it's very unlikely there is not some truth to this. The fact that Apple and others are pushing so strongly against the story (very defensive) which makes me believe they are hiding something for sure.

zepto | karma 7190 | avg karma 1.03 · | 2019-06-03 18:45:03

Only if you think Apple is lying.

IBM | karma 8788 | avg karma 7.9 · | 2018-10-04 14:20:03

Apple's denial references that report.

waihtis | karma 2189 | avg karma 2.14 · | 2023-05-03 06:49:00

hard not to think this isn't intentional misleading on Apple's behalf

treflop | karma 1161 | avg karma 3.79 · | 2024-05-07 20:41:19

Apple is always honest but they know how to make you believe something that isn’t true.

teraflop | karma 15299 | avg karma 6.52 · | 2011-03-21 20:01:31+00:00

Is there any reason to believe that this actually happened and isn't just an Apple employee feeding PR fluff to MacRumors? It's essentially unverifiable.

JoeyBananas | karma 898 | avg karma 0.86 · | 2022-12-29 10:05:15

Not hard to believe. I honestly hope Apple doesn't get taken to the cleaners over this

rsynnott | karma 18312 | avg karma 2.1 · | 2024-04-29 12:38:13

Apple claims, not particularly plausibly, that they are not.

e0a74c | karma 40 | avg karma 1.05 · | 2021-12-23 13:15:59

Why would anyone ever assume that Apple is telling the truth? Because they say so? (lol)

gress | karma 1557 | avg karma 0.91 · | 2014-04-15 00:00:39+00:00

I'd be curious to know if you have a citation showing that Apple ever made this claim.

rcarmo | karma 26588 | avg karma 5.05 · | 2021-08-20 14:44:26

That was flagged as bogus by a number of people from Apple.

gnarbarian | karma 3966 | avg karma 2.96 · | 2022-08-05 10:45:48

I think it's also possible that Apple's HR did take these accusations seriously but found them to be bogus.

hunglee2 | karma 9759 | avg karma 3.41 · | 2022-11-29 04:37:21

the claim needs to be validated - have Apple responded to this allegation?