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