Apple Inc. pays their PR flacks more than any other company in existence, and HAS more PR flacks than any other company in existence. And more boilerrooms "handling" "public" "opinion" on the web in perpetuity than even Obama Inc. during election years.
And as far as conservatives arguing with progressives over the man's politics, it's blatantly obvious that any progressive leanings the man had at the beginning of his life were completely obliterated by the fascist dictator the man became at the end, attempting to destroy competition, former allies, and anyone and everyone who didn't share his "vision" for an arguable "future" far, far, far away, and far, far, far from a utopia for anyone BUT Apple, Inc. and certainly not for Apple's established base of highend pro users.
Chasing success is one thing; monopoly, another. Empire? Another animal altogether.
TRUE Christian churches never stockpile weapons, and benign corporations don't stockpile cash. Certainly not more than governments. Even well-earned paranoia, unless cured by removing its cause, only begets suicide. Just as churches shouldn't be arming themselves in the first place, Apple shouldn't be trying to force its way on the world, and even its own base. Force is force is force. Give people options and let THEM decide.
And quit spending millions to TELL them what they think. I don't care IF everyone else IS doing it, when Apple does it BETTER they are going down a very dark path. Without outside interference or a miracle from within, capitalism is the larval stage of fascism. All one has to do is look at Apple Inc. under Steve Jobs.
