[jsnell]

No, I'm saying that the whole premise of this being somehow a unique Apple phenomenon is clearly wrong. I've seen tons of negative press for at least Google, Microsoft, Nokia and RIM.

Further, I'm speculating that the reason the author thinks this is an Apple phenomenon is because his put his head inside the Apple echo chamber. Which is fine, people can get their news from any source they want. It's just that complaining about it makes little sense.