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Apple Cult Defends Android-Hostile Cult Leader, Engages in Extortion of Android and Shops, Gets Sued for It

Summary: The branding cult known as "Apple" is facing new legal challenges having lost touch with reality and lost a leadership position, too

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pple is trying to claim ownership of the appearance of a person, based on this recent article. The hype-selling company also attacks Linux over the false allegation that Android is a copy (even though it predates the iPhone). SJVN insists that Apple does not have a good case against Android:

While Apple has been attacking Android smartphone and tablet vendors in the courts around the world, I don’t see any reason to think, as Whitmore does, that Apple will be able to slam dung their way to victory. Indeed, Apple’s number one smartphone rival, Samsung, expects record profits despite Apple’s lawsuit attacks from Germany to Australia and back again.


We urged people to boycott Apple for this. There are other reasons to boycott this delusional cult, which engages in extortion just like Microsoft and at least gets sued for it:

SPANISH TABLET maker Català Energy and New Technologies (NT-K) has filed a lawsuit against Apple for alleged extortion.


More about Apple's extortion here:

Tablet maker Nuevas Tecnologías y Energías Catalá, the company behind one of Apple's rare court defeats, is now taking the fruity tech titan to court for extortion.

Apple alleged that the teeny-tiny company's tablet, sold in Spain under the NT-K brand, was a forged iPad, and on that basis convinced custom officials to impound shipments of the rival gear coming into Spain. Those shipments ended up sitting in a warehouse for a year, costing NT-K dearly, and now it wants to see Apple hauled up for extortion as well as recovering some damages.


Incidentally, there is a new article about Apple's bad reception in Beijing:

Apple Beijing store egged in botched iPhone 4S launch



Apple closed its flagship store in Beijing after frustrated fanbois rioted and pelted the windows with eggs when they were told the shop didn't have the iPhone 4S.

A crowd of 500 people waited outside the Sanlitun Apple store in Beijing yesterday morning for the Chinese launch of the iPhone 4S, and the mood turned ugly when they were told by staff that the shiny shop didn't have the new mobe and wouldn't be opening that day.

Many had waited overnight in temperatures that dropped to -9€°C. The frustrated Apple fans started hassling security guards and throwing eggs at the windows of the store in the high-end mall before they were cleared off by the police.



According to Reg Hardware Awards 2011 (just released), Apple iPhone 4S is "the most disliked offering in the Mobile category" whereas the winner ("Smartphone of the Year") if the Linux-based Samsung Galaxy S II. Apple just cannot keep up, can it? It's no excuse for frivolous litigation.

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