Apple Blocks Lawrence Lessig's Comment On iOS 7 Wi-Fi Glitch 326
destinyland writes "A glitch in iOS7 has cost "a significant number" of Apple users their Wi-Fi access, according to ZDNet. But they also report that Apple is now censoring posts in their "Apple Support Communities" forums where users suggest possible responses to their loss of WiFi capabilities (including exercising their product warranty en masse). "We understand the desire to share experiences in your topic, 'Re: wifi greyed out after update to ios7,'" read one warning sent to Lawrence Lessig, "but because these posts are not allowed on our forums, we have removed it." Lessig — who co-founded Creative Commons (and was a board member of the Free Software Foundation) has been documenting the ongoing "comments slaughter" on his Twitter feed, drawing attention to what he says is the Borg-like behavior of Apple as a corporation. Lessig "is now part of an angry mob in Apple's forums who upgraded to iOS 7 and lost Wi-Fi connectivity," ZDNet notes, adding that as of this morning their reporter has been unable to obtain an official response from Apple."
Re:Another day, another anti-Apple story (Score:5, Funny)
Fortunately I can't read it, becuase my iPhone lost wi-fi access.
Apple forums are a wholesome place (Score:5, Funny)
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I, for one, applaud Apple's efforts to keep the Apple support forums all singing praises for Apple and its products. When I visit those forums, I do not want to see critique of Apple and its products. I want my visit to be positive and cheerful.
I am so happy that Apple is providing such a wholesome environment for me to visit and discuss Apple's products.
Re:How is that Lawrence Lessig uses IOS? (Score:5, Funny)
Like most people, he uses it via touch screen.
This comment has been deleted. (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe their wi-fi doesn't work.
Re:Apple forums are a wholesome place (Score:5, Funny)
It used to be grey. Now it's all sorts of bright happy colours.
Re:Pretty common support forums policies (Score:5, Funny)
The vacuum tubes Apple uses for their wifi radios are known to take a while to warm up. You should have fewer (or no) problems from now on.
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my 2 cents for Lessig (Score:4, Funny)
Re: Another day, another anti-Apple story (Score:5, Funny)
If Apple has no reason to censor, then why are the comments disappearing from the forum? If people are legitimately experiencing wi-fi connection issues, shouldn't others be aware of it and Apple take the appropriate action?
Exactly. As you just said, Apple has no reason to censor posts in their forums, and thus they aren't. Clearly, in the hysteria that quite reasonably surrounds any Apple product release, these people must have simply forgotten that they never made such blasphemous and hurtful posts against Apple, and are clearly just mistaken about ever having posted anything at all.
Re:Pretty common support forums policies (Score:5, Funny)
It's worth it though. Streaming audio just feels so much "warmer" than the harsh sound from transistor-based transceivers. The soundstage feels much more natural, and I can distinguish characteristics of the music that just aren't there on other devices. The tubes recreate the missing detail from lossy encoding, and I can hear the faint heartbeat of the musician, and even perceive what kind of mood the musicians were in during the recording. (Spoiler alert: The Lumineers are actually seething with rage in "Ho Hey.") If you place an earbud into a nostril instead, you can literally smell the aromas present in the studio, like the haze of Jamaican Gold during No Woman No Cry, or the remnants of Ringo's bio break wafting after him as he sneaks back into the studio on Hey Jude. Really powerful stuff. This works for highly compressed video too. If I watch a video of some Mario Bros. gameplay on YouTube, I can see the individual hairs in Mario's 'stache, or the wet spot on the ground after the Goomba's guts get squished out.
Pro tip: to double the detail, use 5 GHz instead of 2.4 GHz.
Re:Pretty common support forums policies (Score:0, Funny)
It's the users fault, they updated it wrong.