Arrogant Apple

How would you have felt if you had E. Coli poisoning- or worse, died- and all the farmer responsible said, “There is E. Coli in our spinach and we are really upset that human bodies are not more strong and healthy to protect against these things.” That’s what Apple just did. In September, an undisclosed number of Video iPods were sold with a Windows virus called RavMon.exe on them. This is a serious issue and one that should be dealt with swiftly and effectively.

While the Do Not Disturb bug will fix itself, the impression that Apple is arrogant won't.

(Apple is)...fighting dirty, insisting all other tablet manufacturers have somehow copied the design of the iPad. Like petty thieves.... ...the Galaxy Tab does indeed look very much like an iPad. Of that no one can deny

I'm a big fan of Apple products. But there's no escaping the fact that Apple has always been, well, arrogant...building slap-in-the-face insults into product betas? I can’t think of any other company with the gall to do that. ...also pushes around carrier partner AT&T, content providers in Hollywood, component suppliers, the press, bloggers – just about everyone the company depends on for its continued success

Apple got rid of serial and parallel ports long before the strange new USB connector was mainstream.

The press conference was instructive because it provided such a vivid demonstration of how inexperienced Apple is in its new role as just another company – and how inept Jobs is when faced with the hostile scepticism that is the routine experience of other CEOs.

Apple is hypocritical -- the company is every bit the abusive monopolist that it once accused Microsoft (MSFT_) of being...for foisting an inferior map product on its customers;

Totalitarian control over products *after* the sale to the consumer, monopolistic practices, arrogant dismissal of consumer concerns when design flaws in the product are revealed

Apple has taken the position that its products don’t have security concerns. The only people that guarantee security are fools or liars. Just as Microsoft deserved criticism for being so arrogant about security concerns, now it is Apple’s turn.

Some might see another Google rival, Apple, as arrogant too (you can’t tell me the Justin Long/John Hodgman commercials were not condescending).

"I don't think we are arrogant anymore. I think we can name a company that is a fruit that is in the news a lot about their arrogance. I think they have taken the mantle from us, if we were ever arrogant,"

"They're more in a dictatorship mode where they say, 'This is what you have to do or you don't get the iPhone.' Being arrogant with your partners in big markets doesn't pay off,"

the design of the MacBook Air just spells, I’m arrogant...Apple should dump the MacBook Air in a year or significantly reduce its price, it is the Apple TV of its laptops, a flop, a failure that no one will want except for the truly demented Apple fan.

I get red marks on my wrists from the sharp edge of the keyboard...I went to a one-to-one session that I purchased when I got the computer...a group of them were standing together and talking and laughing...let me tell you that these folks are just plain arrogant.

(describing) Apple’s process for responding to allegations of copyright infringement...as “appalling” and Apple’s approach as “arrogance”. Apple initially ignored Jigsaw’s email, he says, taking eight days to forward it to the developer.

Perhaps if Apple used a spokesperson that was more humble and self-deprecating Windows users would be less offended. Maybe Apple needs to drop the hoddie-wearing beatnick in the commercials in favor or someone that's more sensitive and universally appealing.