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December 21st, 2007   Post 1
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Apple Fan Site Shuts Down in Settlement
NEW YORK (AP) - Apple Inc. has settled a lawsuit it brought against a fan site devoted to Apple products, ThinkSecret.com, but the site will also shut down as part of the agreement. Apple had sued the site in January 2005 after it disclosed information about an upcoming bare-bones Mac computer two...
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December 21st, 2007   Post 2
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Another example why I hate Apple is its punish-the-cliente attitude.

Case in point, instead of encouraging its fans to keep supporting Apple products it punishes them via lawsuits. And all because Apple doesn't keep its own info secret.

Maybe if Apple had 90% marketshare it might be justified having such an arrogant attitude, but it doesnt even have 10% (and that mostly of their own doing).
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December 22nd, 2007   Post 3
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And I thought Apple was run by an international group of some very proud and happy people. Maybe it's that time of the month for them.
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