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Apple's 25 Billion App Download Contest Winner Flown to Beijing for Award Ceremony
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Why? The contest rules didn't say anything about being an Apple fan. I haven't exactly been an apple fan before I bought my mac in 2008 which is pretty recent. So if I had won when I wasn't an apple fan, you would disqualify me from the competition? I certainly wouldn't be an apple fan if that happened.
I bet you that she's an Apple fan now.
I think something is lost in translation. "not a big fan" does not mean "She does not like Apple". It just means she has not been buying Apple products for long ( for whatever reason ).
I know this has been said before...but how the hell can you spend $10,000 in the app store? Especially for a newbie.
People really need to start thinking outside just the "app store" to realize what that card is actually good for.
Trust me, you can spend thousands using that card if you give it a bit more thought. Hint: load up the iTunes store and see all the "categories" listed at the top
Don't forget other things like magazine subscriptions and Mac Apps which all draw from your iTunes credit pool. If you live an all digital lifestyle and buy into the Apple eco system, the bill can quickly stack up high.
Based on the comments in this thread and the nasty comments re: woman suing Apple, I'm disappointed in the level of immaturity shown. Don't think I'll be donating to MacRumors again. Some of you should be ashamed at how you talk to others.
Let me get this straight. You're not going to give money to an organization because its users are immature? How could MacRumors make their users more mature? I suppose that the mods could delete more crude posts, but that may bring down the overall experience for posters.
I was going to post this too. We shouldn't blame MR's editorial integrity and performance based off the maturity level of it's readers.
It can't be helped that when a company like Apple grows in users, we're bound to take in more kiddies and ******s in the process (not to mention more trolls).
This is bull. Apple will be playing by their own rules here. The 25 billionth download will have been selected, and it just so happens to be someone from a country other than the USA. No conspiracy here, move along.
I know this is a cynical and jaded comment but it is just TOO big of a coincidence to me that the market Apple is most interested in growing in (China) just happens to be the one where someone won this contest.
If I had to guess which company Phil Schiller was hoping would have a winner I would guess China. This makes me fear that maybe it was rigged or something. I hope they didn't ask that unethically, and I have no proof or reason to doubt them but like i said in the first line, I'm obviously too cynical and jaded.
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If I had to guess which company Phil Schiller was hoping would have a winner I would guess China. This makes me fear that maybe it was rigged or something. I hope they didn't ask that unethically, and I have no proof or reason to doubt them but like i said in the first line, I'm obviously too cynical and jaded.
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Or perhaps they don't want to contribute to a site in which users are disrespectful. No comments were made towards the operators and moderators. From what I've read, I don't blame him.
There are now more new iOS activations per day in China than now in the US..
"China Now Leads the World in New iOS and Android Device Activations"
http://blog.flurry.com/bid/83261/China-Now-Leads-the-World-in-New-iOS-and-Android-Device-Activations
"China Now Leads the World in New iOS and Android Device Activations"
http://blog.flurry.com/bid/83261/China-Now-Leads-the-World-in-New-iOS-and-Android-Device-Activations
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My exact first thought........
And as many have mentioned, how can you spend $10,000 without purchasing apple hardware??
Actually in the US you don't always have to pay a dime. It depends on how the winnings are paid out and in some contests the prize is actually increased so that what they name as the prize is after taxes.
it's possible that they do this as an iTunes gift card and not just an Apple one because there's no tax requirement by the winner. It's also possible that the amount is such that even if there is a tax requirement the amount falls under the amount that triggers such taxes. in the US, for example, I can give you $10k in cash as a gift and you don't have to pay taxes on it. It's possible that that stands even if a company is the one giving the gift.
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No, it's an iTunes gift card. And what she can do with it is never have to pay for anything out of her pocket, buy apps etc as gifts for friends and family and so on.
Apple doesn't have to do any of this. It's rather nasty that folks are bitching and moaning because they are doing something but not the way YOU think it should be. Talk about First World Entitlement.
I respect everybody to my fullest extent who contributes to MacRumors. I'm sure this site wouldn't be where it is without its donators.
I'm just not seeing how it's MacRumors' fault that some of its users are disrespectful. I do see how a contributor could be upset that some of the users don't realize the importance of contributors, but I don't see the connection of how MacRumors, the organization you would be donating money to, is to blame for disrespectful users.
Like in the Street Fighter arcade game ?
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Fake Louis Vuitton bag anybody ?
I hope she gets sued... will she pay damages with her itunes card ?
She doesn't look very excited for winning $10,000 in free use of the itunes store
I think its a cultural thing. My company gave away a car, and the winner was a Chinese lady who barely cracked a smile when her name was drawn. in the picture we took for promos, she looks more like her car had just been totaled.
It would be nice if it included the MAC App store too.
It does. iTunes credit can be used for iOS apps, iBooks, songs, movies, TV shows, magazine/newsstand subscriptions and OS X apps.
I use gift cards as I can often get them at discount, makes software cheaper.
I think the intention is to grant a lifetime flatrate and 10,000 is just a symbolic number. Maybe Apple limited it to $10,000 to avoid abusement. Would be too easy to code something like a nonsense "hello world" app and get rich with expensive in-app purchases at the expense of Apple.