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Olympic Athletes Requested to Cover Apple Logos During Opening Ceremony Because of Samsung Sponsorship [Updated]
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Yeah. Let the media get ahold of a story where an athlete had their medal confiscated, or lost the ability to compete because their iPhone label showed up. Samsung and the IOC would rue the day. It would be the worst PR disaster they ever imagined.
No one here would even care about the rule if that was the case.
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Asking something is a low blow?
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But Android is 80% of the market!?!
Not in the US.
That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Athletes should be banned from using *their own personal devices* because the maker of those devices are not sponsoring the Olympics? I suppose they're not allowed to drink Pepsi, either, since Coke is a sponsor? C'mon.
At least Samsung phones will be easily hacked
http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/05/sochi-olympics-hackers/
Somehow iOS is not mentioned anywhere as being hacked.
http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/05/sochi-olympics-hackers/
Somehow iOS is not mentioned anywhere as being hacked.
Including their shareholders.
Tell that to Google. They don't give any money to shareholders whatsoever. In fact, they split their stock and created a new class of shares that have no voting rights whatsoever. Most other companies call that preferred stock, which has a fixed dividend payment attached to it. Holders of preferred stock give up voting rights but in return, get higher priority in claim to assets than holders of common stock in the event of bankruptcy. With this new class of stock from Google's stock split, you give up your voting rights for nothing in return whatsoever. Page and Brin had the gall to sell that proposal to shareholders, who were smart to file suit to get something out of the deal.
According to Page and Brin, they claim that they want to keep the power to themselves in order to make long-term bets. That's the usual excuse for a company to not pay a dividend. What's funny is that for all the talk about wanting to make long-term bets, search is still the only engine of growth for Google.
"Showcase" would mean prominently displaying logos on their uniform or doing commercials - not just using their own personal devices! That's ridiculous.
I get it: the Olympics are expensive and Putin doesn't (quite) have enough oil money to pay for the whole party. Corporate sponsorship is probably a necessary evil in this day and age.
It's just silly and a big part of the reason people are losing respect for the event (the TV coverage is probably another). Rule 40 is probably to prevent back room deals on sponsorships. Fine. If Apple gave the US team iPhones and said "Everybody flash them at the same time", that's a clear violation and Apple should get dinged. Going after the athletes is wrong.
If all of these participants can set politics aside to attend and compete, then you'd think the sponsors could set their brand wars aside.
Will 2016 have a rule that athletes cover any flags that aren't Brazilian?
It's just silly and a big part of the reason people are losing respect for the event (the TV coverage is probably another). Rule 40 is probably to prevent back room deals on sponsorships. Fine. If Apple gave the US team iPhones and said "Everybody flash them at the same time", that's a clear violation and Apple should get dinged. Going after the athletes is wrong.
If all of these participants can set politics aside to attend and compete, then you'd think the sponsors could set their brand wars aside.
Will 2016 have a rule that athletes cover any flags that aren't Brazilian?
The Games need to be reworked, they cost too much!! And the IOC needs to be replaced by people who were born since oh, 1989 or so. The entire concept just needs a refresh,
Apple, Samsung who cares?
Apple, Samsung who cares?
That's what the whole story is about - did you not read it? They are not allowed to use *their own personal devices* (if the device is an Apple product) during what may be the most important and memorable ceremony of their life!
Using my phone or camera is not "showcasing" it. I'm not holding it for the purpose of showing the logo, I'm actually using it.
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They are allowed to use iPhones and athletes would be allowed to drink pepsi if Coca Cola was a sponsor.
They are just not allowed to show it in public. Very normal practice. I'm not saying I'm not against it, I'm just saying that everybody does it. People here are blindly getting angry because it's Samsung vs Apple.
Maybe you have a different version of the article? On my computer this is the first sentence:
"Olympic athletes are being asked by Samsung to cover any Apple logos on their devices during the Parade of Nations at the 2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremony because Samsung is a lead worldwide sponsor of the Games."
Well, for once Samsung is doing something Apple would never do!
Its not about Samsung or Apple. Its the same with other sponsors. They will not let you on Olympic grounds with a Pepsi T-Shirt on if Coke is a main sponsor. And only one type of company can be a sponsor and that usually goes to whomever pays the most. Someone has to pay for these things and they get perks like not having the competition piss all over them. Just the way it goes.
it does mention a hacked Mac though
the article is really just a warning about any electronic device getting hacked
p.s. worst unboxing ever in that video
Yeah, I know you're kidding, but: VPNs aren't blocked, and I trust the cellular signal when I'm there far more than any wire or WiFi.
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