Apple Posts Revised Samsung Apology on UK Website, Hides It Below the Fold

Adokimus · Nov 5, 2012

Can't believe all the congratulatory posts. Apple is not only being childish here, but they are consistantly trying to subvert the court of law in a place where they do business. If Samsung were doing something similar, would there be all this back patting?

To me, Apple's use of loopholes and their general dishonesty in this instance is reshaping how I feel about some of their absurd patent claims, tax avoidance practices, and use of hard labor.

QCassidy352 · Nov 5, 2012

Silmarien said:
Why not just take it like a champ? All this mess just seems immature to me.

This is business. They don't agree with the decision, don't want to waste very valuable home page space on it, and don't want to comply with the order any more than is absolutely necessary. It's about money, not "maturity."

perealb · Nov 5, 2012

LOL. Love it.

elchemor · Nov 5, 2012

it's been always that way, even with the old ruling posting.
plenty of their other sites behave the same since a long time :

- Australia
- India
- Hong Kong
- New Zealand
- Singapore
- etc... etc... etc...

i dont get whats the deal in this ?

GoCubsGo · Nov 5, 2012

Although it may be funny, if Apple continues to piss that Judge off he could stop playing nice. Where they placed it is legit but we all know what Apple is doing.

gotluck · Nov 5, 2012

Lost Rider said:
I for one am happy that Apple is remembering their roots and not conforming like sheep to the court after a silly ruling like that.
Bravo Apple.

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seriously? Apple is 1984 now.

A Hebrew · Nov 5, 2012

They can't take a loss.

Ivan P · Nov 5, 2012

r-m said:
Could you (or anyone) post screenshots of both so us small screeners can see it?

Here you go:

Apple.com

Apple.co.uk

Barely any difference, but the UK site definitely resizes the images, and aligns the four images/links along the bottom so you can't see anything underneath them without scrolling.

MMOTotal · Nov 5, 2012

jessica. said:
Although it may be funny, if Apple continues to piss that Judge off he could stop playing nice. Where they placed it is legit but we all know what Apple is doing.

If it is legit then there is nothing Apple should worry about.

chris200x9 · Nov 5, 2012

Well the judge ruled on something for being "not as cool" this is not the sanest judge. Apple already got reprimanded by him for their first "apology" and now this? I sure as hell wouldn't be acting like a baby and trying to circumvent orders in front of volatile judge in a country that AFAIK has no limitations on contempt charges.

Also apples a big baby, it's kinda funny and sad how many people are like "yay apple" over this.

solyd · Nov 5, 2012

Ridiculous noob tech bloggers over there at TNW just looking for a reason. That "code" has been there for a long time, it has nothing to do with the ruling or the apology. It's called responsive web design; how would you like it if you landed on a page with an image twice the size of your screen - you wouldn't.

lifeinhd · Nov 5, 2012

r-m said:
Could you (or anyone) post screenshots of both so us small screeners can see it?

Try this: start with a windowed screen (not full screen). Go to apple.co.uk. Drag the bottom of the window down, and note what happens to the iPad Mini ad (it gets bigger). Then do the same thing on apple.com.

neuropsychguy · Nov 5, 2012

justperry said:
Childish behaviour.

No, Apple's first website posting was childish. There is nothing wrong with this. The text is quite large, even if it's at the bottom of the screen - disclaimers are usually put at the bottom of the screen.

cmChimera · Nov 5, 2012

I found the court order to be childish. I don't think forcing people to scroll to see this disclaimer is childish at all. I would've done the same thing.

AdonisSMU · Nov 5, 2012

Adokimus said:
Can't believe all the congratulatory posts. Apple is not only being childish here, but they are consistantly trying to subvert the court of law in a place where they do business. If Samsung were doing something similar, would there be all this back patting?

To me, Apple's use of loopholes and their general dishonesty in this instance is reshaping how I feel about some of their absurd patent claims, tax avoidance practices, and use of hard labor.

Did you read the ruling? The ruling is ridiculous of course Apple is responding in kind.

Compile 'em all · Nov 5, 2012

cambox said:
Shame Apple are acting like a little school boy, they should man up and accept they were found guilty, but then this is Apple the bully.

What do you mean man up? They don't have to do something they don't have to. This ISN'T high school.

ArcaneDevice · Nov 5, 2012

Two weeks passed already? The reality distortion field also affects time too!

calisurfboy · Nov 5, 2012

r-m said:
Could you (or anyone) post screenshots of both so us small screeners can see it?

Basically it is like a responsive website.

The main US website is static. You enlarge the browser larger than the size of the fixed website and you can see the entire website top to bottom.

On the UK website, the images and website respond to the size of the browser. You can enlarge it as much as you want and the image stretches filling the browser so you do not quite see the bottom of the website.

Cougarcat · Nov 5, 2012

Unspeaked said:
Apple is becoming like a late 90s Microsoft, only with a teenager's attitude.

Really sad.

Apple isn't "becoming" anything. It has always loved to mess with lawyers.

The most humorous example is when Carl Sagan sued Apple for using his name as a codename. Apple changed it to BHA (butthead astronomer.) Sagan lost but Apple changed it to LAW (lawyers are wimps.)

DisMyMac · Nov 5, 2012

Imagine if tobacco companies had tried this... or hidden the health warnings somewhere...

mrobit · Nov 5, 2012

crisss1205 said:
Your screen is not big enough to notice the difference.

No, the screen size doesn't matter. It's responsive, so the size is going to change no matter what in order to cause that statement to stay below the fold of the page.

Small White Car · Nov 5, 2012

Adokimus said:
If Samsung were doing something similar, would there be all this back patting?

Well, yeah.

I wouldn't expect Samsung to try and highlight something embarrassing about themselves. Or any company, really.

Which companies do you think would do this any differently?

HelveticaRoman · Nov 5, 2012

For an arrow down, suggest Apple are behaving like overgrown schoolchildren; for an arrow up, suggest they might be applying a modicum of much-deserved corporate wit.

ActionJax · Nov 5, 2012

This is a lesson: the risk of being all litigious all the time is an Arial apology.

Keep it up and you might get Batang.

neuropsychguy · Nov 5, 2012

Here's the disclaimer:

Apple Posts Revised Samsung Apology on UK Website, Hides It Below the Fold

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