Apple Deception



In 2009 and in 2010 we accumulated many examples of Apple deceiving the press, its customers, and even its partners. This page was habitually updated thereafter.

2009

 * Apple Connected to AstroTurfing Agency Reverb Communications
 * Net Applications Finally Shows It’s Just a Joke: Mac ‘Market Share’ Halved Overnight!
 * Microsoft and Apple Pay Net Applications (Hitslink)
 * Apple Apologists
 * Apple Behaves Like Rogue Nation, Poor Intel Under Attack by ”Anti-American“ FTC

2010

 * Apple’s #1 Product: Fake Hype
 * Eye on Apple: Hype Machine Backfires
 * Apple’s Hounding of Bloggers Becomes a PR Disaster
 * Receiving Glowing Reviews From Business Partners, Without Disclosure
 * Apple Beats Microsoft’s Infamous ‘Blue Screen of Death’ Live Demo
 * Joke of the Day: “Open Source Developers Should Thank Apple”
 * Eye on Apple: Instructing Employees to Lie to Customers
 * FTC Fines ‘Fake Reviews’ Firm That Worked With Apple
 * Apple Sells Perception of Self Worth and Snubs Everything Which is Free
 * Apple Distorts the Media
 * Apple Copies GNU/Linux (Poorly), Then Spreads FUD About It, Receives More Backlash

2011-2013

 * Apple Fabricates ‘Evidence’ to Ban Linux Devices
 * Apple Trial Misconduct Seen as More Likely Than Before
 * Apple Has Always Been Shameless About Lying on Innovation

2015

 * Apple’s Shameless Privacy Lies: The Fiction of Apple as the Very Opposite of What It Does