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Apple Leaker Issues Apology: 'Profound and Expensive Mistake'
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Makes logical sense - silence the leakers and the others have nothing to write about.
I get he was excited sharing updates, I would be too. But it was very stupid. He had a sweet gig working as a software engineer at Apple, generous salary with good benefits.
Maybe he deserves a second chance. There’s no accusations of him accepting payments to leak stories, so this wasn’t money-driven. So maybe he will learn from this.
Maybe he deserves a second chance. There’s no accusations of him accepting payments to leak stories, so this wasn’t money-driven. So maybe he will learn from this.
Well.. with his skills he can probably land a gig easily in other countries. It doesn't have to be here in the US. There are in fact countries that love hire him for the publicity he already has.
The post text is sent to the ex employee as part of the agreement.
Last year, we reported that Apple sued its former software engineer Andrew Aude for providing journalists with confidential information about the company's future plans, including details about the Journal app, Vision Pro headset, and more.
As reported by 9to5Mac, the Superior Court of Santa Clara County on Thursday dismissed the lawsuit after Apple and Aude reached an agreement to resolve this matter. The court document for the case's dismissal does not provide any specific details about the agreement, but Aude issued a public apology on the same day.
In a post on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, Aude said leaking information was a "profound and expensive mistake."
Aude's full apology:Aude joined Apple in 2016, to work on optimizing battery performance, and the company fired him in 2023 after learning of his wrongful disclosures. For more details about the situation, read our previous coverage of the lawsuit.
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As others have said, this was most likely crafted by Apple’s lawyers. The bit about lost career prospects especially sounds like it’s meant to be a deterrent to anyone else considering leaking, which is the whole point of this statement.
I have to say, I find some of the replies wishing somewhat extreme ill on this person to be really unsavory
Let's be better than this
Let's be better than this
Well, Apple literally can’t go after journalists. That’s why Gurman joined Bloomberg to get protected.
As for Kuo, what is Apple going to do to Luxshare and Foxconn - blacklist them for leaking?
Well, obviously Apple wrote the apology. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to write or type with ten broken fingers?😁😏😏
Apple doesn't have to legally go after them. A couple of burly men can pay Gurman or Kuo a visit, comment on all the fragile item in their office. "Oh clumsy me."
GOOD! Now continue to find the other leaker who keeps spewing secrets to Gurman. Shame on the leaker and Gurman for making a living in a dirty and dishonorable way.
I agree with this unless the Apple was violating the law. In this case they weren't.
In general a lot of entitled people have no honor any more. It's a shame, but true. Everyone works with people that lie and steal. A few jail sentences would stop that and the world would be a better place.
I love how Apple treats something like the Journal App like it's The Manhattan Project.
Yup and it's also targeted at other Apple employees: "do this and you'll suffer the same fate. Keep your mouth shut or we'll make your life a living hell"
I’m not going to criticise or condemn this guy because that would make me a hypocrite. I enjoy reading these leaks.
Do you find any irony in posting this comment on MacRumors.com?
Where do you think most of the rumors come from?
Hopefully the real "Manhattan Project" underway is the iPad version that's still MIA
FYI, some leaks are unofficially sanctioned by Apple to gauges interest in new ideas. More importantly, it gets people talking.
Probably same with every MR members. Why else would we subscribe to a "rumors" website and comment on the "rumors" threads?
What if the leaks come from Apple itself trying to hype up a forthcoming product release?
We don’t know where Mark Gurman gets his stories from.
They didn't find it, they paid the person who took it $5000 for it.