Not that I need to apologize, but it does feel weird knowing that most of what I've written here is about Apple. I guess that's what is really terrifying me these days.
Again, in two parts:
First, the race for cloud technology music:
Step 1: Chrome OS is announced where everything will be based in cloud techonology, presenting several issues, including: how do people get music (other than pandora and other websites where you can't play the exact song you want to play).
Step 2: Google tries to buy Lala.com to try to help with the music part of Chrome OS.
Step 3: Apple jumps in and buys Lala.com out from under them.
Step 4: Apple shuts down Lala.com
Step 5 (public response): "Wow! does this mean iTunes will now have some sort of cloud technology." (not the point, people)
Step 6: Apple leaks information that they are set to release cloud service for music prior to Chrome OS release (probably with lala's technology and in order to dampen the impact of Chrome OS on the market)
Second, deleting the bad press:
It would be a much bigger issue if Apple were reaching out to delete bad press outside of their own website, but for some users apple.com might start to feel like it's own nation with a totalitarian government when they find that the moderators have deleted their posts. When consumer reports couldn't recommend the iPhone 4 because of the antenna issues, posts that included that report were deleted from the Apple forums.
Well done, guys.
For someone else's opinion on why apple is terrifying (sort of), check out http://www.pcworld.com/article/130994/10_things_we_hate_about_apple.html
Also, since that link was insanely out of date, if you haven't read fakesteve.net you should start with http://www.fakesteve.net/2010/07/i-am-so-glad-weve-fixed-this-reception-non-issue.html
