Udo's Techblog

I'll admit that Fake Steve Jobs is not exactly my favorite blog. The idea is kind of neat but the guy brakes character just as often as he posts using his fake persona. And that irritates me, but I guess that's hard to explain. Anyway, there is this whole "FSJ Shutdown Drama" unfolding: allegedly Apple made scumbaggy legal threats to FSJ, including sending the guy a list of all his assets implying that he's got a nice hobo future cut out for him if he resists.

Well, I say allegedly because there is some discussion whether this is real or just a grandiosely scripted finale for the FSJ blog. I was inclined to believe Lyons since Apple already shut down ThinkSecret in a similar matter. But then again, maybe everyone who trusts just a single word coming out of that blog is an idiot.

Somehow, both alternatives make me angry when I should just be ignoring this whole thing. If Apple really forced FSJ off the net using the tactics described, that makes me very ashamed that I (until recently) kept on buying their stuff. Every once in a while reports come in about Apple's bullying behavior, but somehow this was the last straw for me. And if that story is true, I'll also regret all the times I recommended people buy Apple products and consequently stop doing so.

Yeah, and if they didn't do this, they should sue Lyons for libel. I hope they sue his ass off. This is not parody anymore, and stupid people, including me, will stop buying Apple stuff because of a story that turned out to be a lie.

So, results are not in yet. I'll have to wait for an appropriate target to manifest for my ineffectual anger and psychotic disappointment. My patience with both Apple and Fake Steve has definitely run out.

Update (it's all a lie):

Yeah. It's like that y'all. Sorry for any confusion, but it's all a joke. Only it's not really a joke, is it? I mean people actually are getting paid to shut up. For real

Yeah, that's what I thought. Still, until the recent, over-the-top updates, I gave you the benefit of a doubt. Unsubscribed. FSJ, if Apple decides to sue your sorry attention-grabbing libeling ass, I'll be there to cheer them on.

On a more positive note, I can now resume to cuddle my MacBook without feeling betrayed. It is the finest little machine I have ever owned and I'm really loving it. Not, you know, in a creepy psycho kind of way. But still.

In other news, it's Christmas eve and I'm sick. :-(