In article <
29f11567-cfe8-4579...@googlegroups.com>,
RichA <
rande...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > apple doesn't need to pay people to write about them.
>
> Those who don't advertise are doomed to perish.
advertising is not the same as paying journalists to write puff pieces.
apple does *not* pay journalists. full stop.
there is no need to do that. people want to write about apple, and will
do so for free.
meanwhile, other companies resort to sleazy tactics, notably samsung,
who has been caught doing so:
<
https://www.theverge.com/2013/10/24/5023658/samsung-fined-340000-for-po
sting-negative-htc-reviews>
After being caught paying for false praise and negative comments
about competitors, Samsung has been fined just over $340,000. The
issue first arose internationally in April, when Taiwan's Fair Trade
Commission (FTC) announced it was opening an investigation into the
allegations. That investigation found the allegations were true: the
FTC says Samsung used a "large number of hired writers and designated
employees" to post in Taiwanese forums. The commission does add that
the company did this through a third-party marketing company, just as
Samsung originally claimed. Two local marketing firms were fined a
combined total of over $100,000 for their part in the marketing ploy.
> > everyone wants to write about apple because it brings in the clicks,
> > especially when the stories are false and misleading, as they often
> > are.
>
> Anything technical that's false is easily disproven.
you haven't disproven anything.