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Open Source Protest to Invade the Apple Store
Posted 07/29/2008 at 12:30:51pm | by Roberto Baldwin

Open-Source advocates, Defective By Design, are planning an in-store Apple protest.

The group is recruiting readers to book slots at their local Apple Store's Genius Bar to question the employees about Apple's policies concerning the iPhone development, DRM and Apple's use of proprietary standards.

We love open-source and DRM-free software and music as much as the next guy. It just seems that asking the Genius Bar employee about larger company policies is like asking the guy who pumps your gas why the price the oil is so high.

COMMENTS: 4
TAGS:  Apple Store, DRM, Protest
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avatarThis is probably the most

Submitted by Admesser on Tue, 2008-07-29 11:05

This is probably the most idiotic idea I've heard in a while...

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avatarSome people just have

Submitted by matlok on Tue, 2008-07-29 11:07

Some people have waaaaaaay too much free time. That's just stupid.

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avatar"Defective by Design" sounds like an appropriate name to me

Submitted by Bear90039 on Tue, 2008-07-29 21:17

An appointment with the Genius Bar isn't free. It's not even cheap. You need a credit card to book the appointment if you haven't paid for a service agreement.
What answers do you expect to get from a branch level employee? You did say Genius Bar didn't you, not Corporate Executive Bar. The only answers you are likely to get is the employee's name and how much you are being billed.
You also realize that if this story is bogus; Roberto, you are the ass.

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avatarWait a second...

Submitted by Roberto Baldwin on Thu, 2008-07-31 10:17

First of all, you bring up very valid points about Genius Bar reservations.

But to say that I'm an ass if the group is bogus is incorrect. If the group, or their mission, is bogus and I've reported on it, that makes me an idiot, not an ass.

I just wanted to set the record straight!

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