Daily Mail UK Apple Article

mobiusmobius
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in General Discussion edited January 2015

Following Apple's record earnings call, the UK newspaper The Daily Mail published an article today posing the question: Is Apple an Evil Tax Avoider or a Force for Good?



Attempting to appear unbiased and fair (readers will know how rarely these words can be used in relation to the newspaper) they decided to give a for and against summary from two opposing views about the company. To me, it just reads like they hadn't got a clue what they were talking about. Even the Apple evangelist sounded laughably ignorant! I've attached photos of each for and against summary.



The "Why I love Apple" list:

Points 6, 9, and 10 are absolutely ridiculous - I'm actually embarrassed to be an Apple fan. Number 7 can be said about almost any smartphone these days so why did she include it?

 





The "Why I Hate Apple" list:

Points 1 is hardly representative of the majority of Apple fans. The criticism of points 2 and 3 can be levelled against many other tech companies. Point 4 is not factoring in the costs of excellent customer support and coding the software which is now free! It is also entirely up to Apple how much it charges. Point 6 is absurdly skewing the facts yet again. Batteries usually outlast the life of the phones these days and so why reduce the sturdiness and sleekness by designing an easily removable backplate?

 

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I could go on...the writing is lazy beyond comprehension. These are paid journalists! The least they can do is actually do some research before they write this BS!

 

Online article here.

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 1
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member
    Originally Posted by Mobius View Post

    The "Why I love Apple" list:

     


     

    1. K.

    2. K.

    3. JavaScript startup? What, did she have a Chromebook before?

    4. I… suppose. At least you don’t have to memorize Unicode tables if you want to type a special character.

    5. Yeah, that’s why skeuomorphs are great.

    6. She’s not wrong… Kinda dumb, but not wrong.

    7. Total whoosh here.

    8. K.

    9. What in the… 

    10. There’s nothing I can say here that wouldn’t be “offensive”. Not that I don’t want to say it or wouldn’t say it, but that’s just sad.

     

     The "Why I Hate Apple" list:


     

    1. The irony hurts.

    2. He needs to be sued for libel. Which I understand is pretty easy in Airstrip One these days.

    3. Zero to do with Apple. Again, libel.

    4. So what, idiot? Apple products sell with a 40% profit margin. Samsung products don’t sell for free. What does that tell you about the products?

    5. Again, libel.

    6. WOW SOMETHING MADE BY THE HAND OF MAN WILL EVENTUALLY BREAK STOP THE PRESSES. OH WAIT SO WILL EVERYTHING IN THE UNIVERSE.

    7. Unnecessarily? Maybe. Good luck getting something of the same quality for less, though.

    8. Sounds like you’re just a complete idiot, Alex. <img class=" src="http://forums-files.appleinsider.com/images/smilies//lol.gif" />

    9. WOW APPLE EARNS A COMMISSION THAT IS SO AWFUL GEE I WONDER IF YOUR NEWSPAPER TOOK A CUT OF THE MONEY IT EARNED BY THE ARTICLE YOU JUST WROTE.

    10. Again, libel.

     

    These are paid journalists!


     

    Great articles. 10/10, would laugh at and be enraged by again.

     

    And hey, I have a reason to feel just a little bit better about my worthlessness, as when I become homeless I can just take a job as a tech journalist and be paid for not really working at all.

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