Everything about the Olympics this year is a joke.
ONLY TO YOU
It's not a joke to the athletes.
Everything about the Olympics this year is a joke.
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There is no Olympic rule that prohibits the use of phones or cameras during the national parade, right ? So they can use THEIR OWN DEVICES.
I seriously don't know why when it comes to Apple products, everyone knows what components are used in them. The truth of the matter is, they are Apple products, regardless of the components used in them, and you guys (am looking at you AppleScruff1) know it very well, but you try to spin it your way for years now.
In other words you guys are saying that Leonardo Da Vinci should not be fully credited for his Mona Lisa masterpiece because he most likely used brushes and paints he did not made himself!
Get real you guys.
ONLY TO YOU
It's not a joke to the athletes.
If they are singling out Apple, there is an issue.
So the atheletes can show LG and Sony?
And that is what the Olympics is about, the athletes, not the commercialism
i kinda thought sponsorship was having your advertisements o TV during the games, or buying uniforms. or buying equipment for a certain sport. but this seems to be a little much. some of the athletes life needs to be their life. so if they do a casual interview and are wearing a reebok jacket they can be kicked out of the games if nike is the uniform sponsor??? seems like these mostly amateur athletes are owned by clothing and equipment companies. shame.
Did you read the article? This is about the opening parade. One event. ONE.
...If banning Pepsi cans because Coca-cola was a sponsor or forbidding local, independent restaurants from serving fries because McDonalds was a sponsor didn't put a dent in their reputation this certainly wont. Btw, the IOC's reputation is pretty dented as it is.
So the atheletes can show ... Sony?
I still think a small quiz based on the article (and maybe even the source) should be required to comment
However, as an athlete, if I answer my iPhone and the TV network pans across and sees me talking on it, that should not disqualify/financially penalize me.
Now if I'm being interviewed, I would not say, "I love my iPhone" as that doesn't relate to the game at all.
You're right, instead of just being vocal the people in thread would screaming in outrage against Apple. I don't know why you would think people would support Apple doing this? Every time Apple does something slightly in a negative manner people on MR are just begging to blast Apple so maybe it's you that needs to come to reality rather than calling people Fanboys. It's really too bad that MR has taken away the vote down button. Why oh Why?![]()
Yes we miss some of the well known Samsung/Google defenders of the forum![]()
I'd tell Samsung to keep their bag and I'd keep using my iPhone.
I'd tell Samsung to keep their bag and I'd keep using my iPhone.
This is utter crap. I've already decided to never buy a Samsung product. Now I can't watch the Olympics. No Samsung, there is this thing called freedom and you can just pound your "rules" up your arse.
If Samsung were to walk up to me and hand me a $650 phone for the low, low price of nothing, with the only catch being that I have to use it in lieu of my normal phone during the 2-3 hours of the opening ceremony, would I take it?
Hell yeah, I'd take it. Comeon. Free phone.
Guess what, if you did that the IOC would tell you that you're not welcome to compete in their games. That's how it works.