Well, that's not strictly true - other companies get outed as well.
However, Apple has had a very good reputation in this regard until now, so when they start pulling stunts like this it's very much news. Also, wouldn't you rather be informed about it than be kept in the dark?
EDIT: this info is especially useful to our Italian readers who are looking to buy Apple products, as they can now make an informed decision. Yeah, get the info out there, blog about it, whatever and make sure everybody knows!
Believe me...folks like me who are generaly interested in the IT tech daily sceneary, already suspected this fishy behaviour...it's just that when you have this kinda awareness/knowledge, you generally don't purchase Apple products; you go with that thing/s that does the same stuff and costs less.
Problem is stupid people pretending to konw somethin about tech, buying Apple product because they "know"
rolleyes
it's the best tech-thing out there. I don't feel sorry for these people (just like most americans
don't feel sorry for rednecks who just don't want to move from places like Tornado Alley) ...and trust me, there are thousands of them in Italy. Thousands of ignorant dumbasses that with their ignorant choices shape the political-economical situation of Italy day by day.
How's Italy doing lately? YOU DO NOT WANT TO KNOW!
Hell, if it wasn't for enlightened artists like Donatello, Brunelleschi, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Tintoretto, Bellini, Botticelli, Caravaggio, Ghiberti, Giotto, Raphael
etc etc...(and probably Venice) you wouldn't even want to come visit Italy so much today, now would you?
Oh yeah the food! Big time marketing on that too...you really think pizza, spaghetti, lasagna and mozzarella don't taste as good in other places wordwide?
ps:
900,000 Euros fine...............................Apple revenue 2011:
108 billion $
...Yeah right I'm sure they've learned the lesson and never do it again
