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waihtis · 2023-05-03 06:49:00

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

mattoxic | karma 84 | avg karma 3.23 · | 2020-11-15 20:41:10+00:00

With Apple, one can never quite tell if it's intentional.

piyush_soni | karma 2259 | avg karma 1.9 · | 2016-02-04 18:47:05+00:00

So as usual, Apple is lying/misleading people here. At least 'technically'.

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

So you assume apple is simply lying?

wetpaws | karma 815 | avg karma 0.75 · | 2018-05-31 19:01:00

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

dangwu | karma 701 | avg karma 3.83 · | 2021-02-23 18:34:41+00:00

Is this... Apple admitting to a mistake?

djrogers | karma 14701 | avg karma 4.27 · | 2021-01-29 15:37:04

Care to share any examples or references of where Apple is being dishonest here?

GBond | karma 1608 | avg karma 4.2 · | 2016-02-22 17:14:32+00:00

Apple is reframing it this way to the media but not technically untrue.

LtWorf | karma 1639 | avg karma 1.22 · | 2022-09-27 13:25:43

Why would I think there is any truth in something apple's marketing department is saying?

gridlockd | karma 469 | avg karma 0.23 · | 2020-07-30 14:00:51

In this case, "the truth" is misleading. Apple presumably doesn't do what was claimed, but it reserves the right to do it.

jspthrowaway2 | karma 1139 | avg karma 6.33 · | 2013-01-06 15:37:32

To be fair, Apple isn't doing a lot to undo that misleading. His anecdote isn't the first I've heard.

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.

m_a_g | karma 1433 | avg karma 7.42 · | 2020-04-04 17:26:04+00:00

I don't think anyone in the industry assumes that. Apple has been known for these kinds of practices for some time now.

empressplay | karma 4889 | avg karma 3.23 · | 2016-02-23 04:42:27+00:00

FYI, just because Apple said it doesn't necessarily mean it's true.

saurik | karma 31936 | avg karma 4.3 · | 2022-06-27 11:24:31

Just because something isn't surprising doesn't mean it is necessarily legal or ethical; meanwhile, Apple refuses to admit that "tl;dr" in public--quite likely because they appreciate the practice might not be legal and certainly isn't ethical--and so are attempting to instead claim it is justified, and so it is important to refuse to allow Apple employees that cop out and instead call them out for what we know to be the actual truth here.

kyriakos | karma 4430 | avg karma 1.83 · | 2020-06-21 21:14:31

It looks like what people were thinking is really what's happening and apple is not looking out for users

95014_refugee | karma 459 | avg karma 2.22 · | 2014-10-05 16:17:58

It is a common mistake to assume that things written by third parties about Apple's intentions are in any way actually related.

zepto | karma 7190 | avg karma 1.03 · | 2020-11-25 15:18:10

And yet, this claim about Apple’s intent isn’t made with a shred of evidence.

jsjohnst | karma 5630 | avg karma 1.54 · | 2020-10-20 00:19:37+00:00

That’s a pretty misleading interpretation of what Apple said or even what Tim Sweeney said in the tweet...

nfoz | karma 2650 | avg karma 2.89 · | 2018-05-22 08:38:04+00:00

Does anyone else consider this to be dishonest?

Sounds like Apple should take even more control.

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