I visited several today and didn't spot a single positive comment outside MR and other Mac fan sites. Here are some I found at aftonbladet.se (Sweden's largest newspaper, they normally don't write about Apple much but this raid made the front page):
"A despicable act on Apple's part, they'd better clean up their act fast. Using Mac, iPhone etc is starting to feel awkward. It's downright nauseating that Apple are actively involved in some police task force. That's the wrong way to go. Apple's image used to be anti-establishment, and now they've joined forces with Big Brother. They've gone too far."
"So these are Apple's true colors? How can they do this to a person they ignored when he first tried to return the phone? Oh well, guess it's time to boycott Apple and their future products. This is far from OK."
"I feel ashamed for owning multiple Apple products. If they can't keep track of their stuff, it's their own damn fault."
"Seriously Apple, I'm gonna have to boycott you now. This is beyond the pale."
"I own an iPhone myself, and it's alright, but it's my first and last. This whole thing makes you wonder if Apple's board of directors is made up of North Koreans, how else could they be such control freaks? A frightening and very, very SICK company."
"Using MobileMe feels so secure now... not. iPhone.... yikes... this whole thing makes me afraid of the dark."
"Journalists being prosecuted on dubious grounds, eh? Sounds like China."
"People shouldn't give their hard earned money to companies like Apple, who are notorious for exploiting people, threatening people and spreading fear at their manufacturing plants. Acquire some taste, avoid their junk."
"Apple can gain nothing from this. They're handling this situation as if they were Microsoft, and it's generating tons of negative press they hardly need at a time when they're about to release the product in question."
"This is so Apple. The Soviet Union was more honest and open than Apple."
You see, Apple has a worldwide presence and every country and culture will spin this story the way they see fit. It's like Chinese Whispers, stuff gets lost in translation, misinterpreted and/or intentionally warped. They'll add, subtract and even sneak in some of their political bias, not seldom of the anti-American, anti-corporate variety.
Out of the 75 million iPhones sold around the world, most were bought by regular joes who are neither Apple fans nor tech news junkies. Therefore their impression of this story will not be filtered through brand loyalty or any deeper understanding of the technical and legal issues, they'll just soak up the basic narrative of Apple using the police to destroy bloggers, Big Brother style.
If we ignore him he will go away.