Fox News: Apple Is The New Religion And The Pope Is Scared
MG Siegler
Jul 29, 2010

Jesus. Maybe literally.

Fox News has a long and illustrious history of saying some fairly outrageous things. A story today on FoxNews.com may be one of the best yet — certainly from a tech perspective.

The post entitled “For Apple Followers, It’s a Matter of Faith, Academics Say” argues that while people may joke about Apple being a religion (JesusPhone, etc), to some, it may actually be a religion. Better, they wonder if Apple shouldn’t pursue that path. Here’s Fox News’ keys as to why Apple is similar to a religion:

  • Apple’s creation story epitomizes the humble garage origin of its technology — not unlike the humble manger of Jesus’ birth.
  • Apple CEO Steve Jobs is perceived as a messianic leader who was fired but rose again to save the company.
  • Apple has traditionally had an evil archenemy, the Devil, as represented first by Microsoft and now by Google.

Yes, Apple’s start in a garage is very similar to Christ’s birth.

They also note that the Pope is scared of such a religion because he once rhetorically asked if a savior was needed in a modern wired world. Clearly, that means Apple.

The story goes on to wonder if Apple — not some crazed Apple fanboys, mind you — might apply for religious status in the future. “Indeed, it would be interesting if Apple were to apply for such a status in the future.“

Naturally, the main impetus behind this farce is that the author can’t understand why people continue to buy iPhones even though they don’t work. Therefore, Apple must be a religion. “It’s not a matter of rationality, it’s a matter of faith,” the author argues.

Meanwhile, back on the planet Earth, the story remains the same. The iPhone 4 does indeed have an antenna issue, but it’s not a major issue in real world use. If it were a major issue, the millions of people who have bought the device over the past month would be returning it en masse. If something doesn’t work, you return it — it’s that simple. That isn’t happening.

So which argument makes more sense? Are the returns not flowing in because it’s really not a big deal — and overall the iPhone 4 is the best smartphone out there? Or is it because Apple is a religion?

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  • Nergol

    Does that mean that Android is Darwin? Or maybe Marx? Or Mohammad?

  • Neal

    This fanboism is just getting too much for me. F off MG. No, seriously. F off.

  • Chris
  • ryfter

    Have you ever looked into the gleaming eyes of a True Believer? If you have, you would realize, the article is not too far off. :-)

    Of course, with the number of people on this earth, there are bound to be a few nutjobs… your decision.

  • monsterofNone

    not surprising. someone asked me once how i could handle not being able to replace my iPhone’s battery. i replied that it had never been an issue in the three years i’ve owned my phone.

    to which they replied, “you are SUCH a FANBOY!”

    madness.

  • monsterofNone

    hulk smash.

  • Wello

    Cult

  • Jason Chmiel

    I Guarantee he is getting a new trackpad or battery charger out of this…I typically like styaing out of this whole fanboy clash with either side, but this is just rediculous. If you want to write stories like this, use a personal blog-not a tech NEWS blog.

  • Jeff

    Your write up seems to indicate that Fox News has taken this stance. Yet, when I read the article earlier today, I seem to have remembered that they were reporting on a research paper written by two professors. I went back to confirm to make sure I read the same story as you were writing about.

    There’s no arguing that the whole concept is strange – fanboys do not equate to religious followers as far as I know :)

    But, I don’t credit Fox with making these analogies – rather they are reporting on those who are.

    My 2 cents – back to my regularly scheduled day.

  • Owen

    Amen.

  • http://phosphorus.co/ Johnny

    Did Steve Jobs not suffer at the hands of the anti-apple fanboys? Did Steve Jobs not suffer from ill health, as if almost put on the cross of despair? He brought forward revolutionary products which were shunned, similar to Jesus’ teachings

    Children, I think we all know the truth. Steve Jobs is Jesus Christ. Bow down now, or forever regret.

  • Rob

    I was just amazed that the report of an Android wallpaper app stealing personal data and sending it to China hasn’t been more prominent. If something like that had happened on the Apple App Store, we’d be hearing about it for weeks!

  • http://boxbinary.com Alex Norcliffe

    Hmm. This topic was first covered 6 days ago at The Atlantic, highlighted at Jason Kottke’s blog

    http://kottke.org/10/07/apple-as-religious-experience

  • andy

    I’d say the opposite – Apple symbolizes to attractive and alluring temptation that ultimately is a bad thing, with all these people a slave to it.
    I mean their logo already has one bite taken out of it!

  • http://www.spinland.biz Spinny

    Okay, the original article was funny in a quirky sort of way, and so is the above comment. I am amused. Thanks for that.

  • Bruceo

    Seems spot on to me. I could see it in my conversion from PC lover to Apple fanboy to Apple dissapointment with the tip of your finger antenna flaw and Apple’s response which was very similar to the Catholic church’s response to rampant child molestation issues. Denial, halfhearted fake acceptance then arrogance.

  • Jason Chmiel

    I would much rather read about that. I have an android phone (at first, because the iPhone isn’t available on Verizon, now because of the freedom developers have with the hardware, thus spawning some pretty cool apps…both good and bad), and would like to know what to avoid. Do you happen to have a source to site this information from? I would love to read about that.

  • andy

    By which I mean Apple is more akin to some devil than any Christ like figure

  • http://www.eridesigstudio.com Erjon

    This story is ridiculous, I can’t believe TC editors allowed this article to go live

  • Observer

    29 people. Wow.

  • Observer

    I agree, more of a cult than a religion.

  • Kevin

    Agreed MG has hard on for apple

  • andy

    Brilliant quote – “Apple’s response which was very similar to the Catholic church’s response to rampant child molestation issues. Denial, halfhearted fake acceptance then arrogance.”

    I’d like to think of Android as Darwin – left open to accidents, good and bad but ultimately for the better of all

  • Jason Chmiel

    More would be joining that crowd if we didn’t have facebook blocked on our corporate networks….guess I’ll have to knock that number up to 30 when I get home.

  • http://rkrishnakumar.tumblr.com Rahul Krishnakumar

    rediculous indeed.

  • http://parislemon.com MG Siegler

    hmm, maybe apple should apply for cult status.

  • http://parislemon.com MG Siegler

    GUARANTEE!!!

  • http://parislemon.com MG Siegler

    right, except for the parts where they take a stand and insert their own ideas.

  • LoveMySpace

    Apple is a religion

  • http://parislemon.com MG Siegler

    me neither. deleting. keep refreshing, you’ll see it gone soon.

  • LutzVA

    vampire!

  • http://davidhalladay.com Dave Halladay

    I’ve often noticed the similarity between a religious debate and an Apple fanboy vs Android fanboy debate. Steve Jobs is not the Messiah, though.

  • Mike

    “Naturally, the main impetus behind this farce is that the author can’t understand why people continue to buy iPhones even though they don’t work. Therefore, Apple must be a religion. “It’s not a matter of rationality, it’s a matter of faith,” the author argues.”

    Apple fantards would buy a brick if Apple added an “i” in front of its name and put it in a shoe box.

    That would immediately be followed by Siegler writing a TC article about how that brick is a game changer and how it is signaling the end of lumber.

    He would then write a follow up article about how everyone hates on him for writing the article but he doesnt care because the iBrick(tm) is revolutionary and magical and will change the way people use bricks.

  • Sig

    Sssshhh – they are trying to pretend it never happened. Otherwise they would have to face some ugly truths.

    Having invested so much into bashing Apple´s closed garden there is a bit of cognitive dissonance going on.

  • Bob

    Blasphemy! Fox News reports, you decide! ;)

  • Mike

    Not just any cult. The iCult.

    Please pick up your robe at the Alte.. um, Genius Bar.

  • Tundey Akinsanya

    #1: It’s laughable that you of all people will thumb your nose at news outlet taking a stand and inserting their own ideas. Considering all the shilling you do for Apple.

    #2: How about you point out the exact parts where they take a stand?

    Never thought I’ll see the day I’ll be defending FoxNews.

  • Tundey Akinsanya

    Who are the “they” trying to cover it up? Did techcrunch cover this rogue Android app? ‘Cos techcrunch is very pro-Apple and I would think MG Siegler would have been all over that story.

  • Jakol

    So what do we call Apple’s followers, Appleholics. And Jobs came up on stage and held the ipone 4 up high and said “Behold the iphone 4″ and the audience knelt down and bowed their head and said” Holy Be the iphone 4″..lol.. boy my imagination is sure working today.

  • Mohammed ansar

    But anyway Prophet Mohammed “sal” is not a evil… So u can put him to compare with this shot phones

  • Mike

    Did you actually read the article or did you just pick and choose sentences to look at? This is what the article actually says.

    “Apple is the new religion, say several academics. It’s not a matter of rationality, it’s a matter of faith.

    In a research paper published this month by two professors at Texas A&M University, the authors argue that the only way to understand the slavish adoration and over-the top financial success of Apple and its “Jesus Phone” (the iPhone) is to understand its minimalist, white-walled stores as the new churches of the tech generation.”

    SAYS SEVERAL ACADEMICS. Last I checked, Fox News wasnt considering themselves SEVERAL ACADEMICS AT TEXAS A&M!!

    JESUS CHRIST ON A FUCKING POGO STICK! Arrington, how do you find such retarded people to work for you? And why do you hire them? Is this to meet your ADA hiring requirement of hiring the handicapped?

  • AlmostRetarded

    Umm. I think the folks who believe in the notion of a sex-less conception, walking on water, son of god, rising to heaven, etc. are the real nut jobs – they’ve just been around for so long they start to blend in with the wallpaper.

  • Jakol

    We need more of this, especially early in the mourning, it’s good to start your day with a good laugh.

  • Seth

    Four-fold Path to Technological Enlightenment

    1. Rid yourself of all MS products.
    2. Make the Holy Pilgramage to the 5th Avenue Apple Store.
    3. Fast and Camp over one night for a new release.
    4. Send an email to Jobs. If he responds, you’ve reached Nirvana.

  • AlmostRetarded

    +2

  • Iria

    A little reading of the actual Fox article shows it wasn’t Fox who said that at all, but a group of researchers. Pls get the facts right.

  • JDT

    I agree with you Jeff. I felt like the way article on TC was written was kind of misleading.

    Like the following quote, “Indeed, it would be interesting if Apple were to apply for such a status in the future.”

    Reading that leads you to believe that the Fox News author was serious about this statement until you read the very next sentence, “Just think of the tax implications.” This obviously was a joke about non-profit status.

    It’s disappointing to read articles where the author has intentionally taken something out of context. Context does matter.

  • Anon

    How could we doubt when this comes from a Bishop?

  • johnny

    Who the fuck watches Fox News? I’d bet money MG does..

  • unreal

    is this the Jason Chmiel who’s bio on facebook is “Hating humanity 365.4 days a year.”?

  • Laura Castaneda

    I really should change my religious views on Facebook to “Apple”. :/

  • Mexican Janitor

    Dear Reverend Siegler:

    As a holy Apple evangelist do you think the sinners at fox news deserve the eternal damnation by even suggesting the idea that Apple should not be the holy truth religion? They have planted the seed of doubt in a lot of young minds with their sinful story.

    Manzana Manzana

  • Mexican Janitor

    We need to start with a good laugh before we mourn.

  • Mexican Janitor

    We are call the Applestoles.

  • Jeff Lowy

    Where are all these Apple fanboys? Every site I go to everyone craps on Apple and maybe 1/100 are fanboy replies… I used to hate Apple myself…. then I got a Mac. Never looked back.

  • MacWorrior

    I rather belief in apple than the christian church. They are just jealous of apples sense of style.

  • Bill

    Spoken like a true zealot….

  • Jakol

    A quote from the Apple Bible: Jobs 15:6 ” Thou shall not hold the iphone 4 the wrong way”

  • Mexican Janitor

    And seriously, as a young an energetic Applestole, I want to propose to finally properly and openly recognize our Master Steve Jobs as the true ‘Son of GodXt’ and stop the rumors that he is in just for the fame and money, not like that Jesus guy.

  • There is only one god, and MG is their prophet…

    Don’t forget the early termination fees for your AT&T contract. That alone is the price (probably plus some more) of the iPhone you’re trying to return…. so you might as well keep it & use the bumper. Ergo – lack of massive rates of return to Apple Stores.

    MG — really dude, think it out just a little bit more.

  • zack

    Apple makes excellent products which have tremendous appeal to consumers. Consumers like their products and consequently Apple for creating them. It’s ridiculous to think that the bond between Apple and consumers is a religious one though.

    This is severely exaggerated, and by the way, nobody told any of you to read MG’s articles.

  • Jakol

    Ok, that’s enough religious jokes, those real religious fanatics will be flooding TechCrunch with complaints and it all MG’s fault.

  • Mexican Janitor

    Dear Reverend Siegler:

    Applestoles like myself are always following your steps and follow your good ways, but as an Apple evangelist your duty, I reckon, will be to shut down these sinful stories at once out of our Holy Church of the TechCrunch.

  • http://www.jollyjo.com jollyjo

    MG…I hated your Twitter focus and articles but these I can live with…I want to read tech news…but we all know that those can sometimes be boring as hell.

    The spin you have brought to tech news especially these “Apple” pieces annoys but is interesting at the same time…hmm…I don’t mind at all.

  • AlmostRetarded

    Common tale – those who despise them most know their product least. Maybe someday they’ll get it. If not – who cares!

  • Mexican Janitor

    Pardon moi?

  • Jeff S.

    You are not almost retarded, nor are you retarded. In fact, I think you nailed it right on the head.

  • Jakol

    Opps..who cares I graduated a long time ago, don’t know how but I don’t need to worry about my spelling anymore.. been there done that.

  • Michael

    This was fox commenting and reporting on other researchers analysis and ideas. Please don’t be so simple. Anyways, the fact that this gets the nerdy fandroids all riled up is perfect. Nothing like reading these angry nerd comments while their phone sales drop AGAIN.

  • Michael

    Molesting little boys is not evil then..

  • JC

    That was “almost (too) retarded” of a comment. I for one work with macs as it is required in the non-linear editing community, and for the life of me, can’t figure out what makes Final Cut Pro so much better than Premiere or Avid.

    Most of the filmmakers I know that prefer FCP do so solely based on aesthetic preference, and some shallow belief system wrapped around minimalism and sex appeal. THAT is the crux of Apple’s religion, and you better believe it’s real – church status or not. Screw Apple.

  • Jeff S.

    Shame on you for defending FoxNews…it shouldn’t be done regardless of the context. FoxNews is the most racist, anti-American news outlet on the planet. Even Al-Jazeer with the occasional “death to America” is more real news than FoxNews ever was or ever will be.

  • Graham J

    TC, I wish you wouldn’t glorify this crap by repeating it. Slow news day?

  • brent

    If Steve Jobs was the messiah, then certainly his precious iDevice should’ve been perfect, but alas.. Some of the people even think it’s worth to shoot it with a .50 cal sniper rifle. http://2su.de/Ayx

    Take note, The Pope didn’t specifically said. It was Apple. But folks from Giz, who can’t stop jizzing their pants on the new iPhone at that year (2006) (1st gen) misinterpret the pope’s word – And thought it was Steve Jobs.

    It would be pleasurable to see the faces of these people, when Google or other company manage to create a device that would make an Apple device. Look forsaken. http://2su.de/L9s

  • NotRetarded

    Right (not). I run a small software services company with 30+ employees and we’ve moved entirely to Apple products. Gone are the days of the perpetual IT guy charging $100/hr to keep all the windows machines, outlook and all the other garbage working. When we didn’t have him on hand at least once a week, things broke and the team lost productivity. Just over a year ago we switched everyone to Macs and we’ve not seen our IT guy since.

    Is that religion?

  • Mexican Janitor

    I just want to talk about the release of iBible for iPad this fall. Among other things it will contain audio clip of Holy Steve Jobs words with voice overs by Mel Gibson and Jeff Bridges. Also hot video clips of Maria Magdalene played by Salma Hayek.
    $1.99 Apple store.

  • Duber

    I was in the same camp as most anti-Apple hateboys… I thought I was so cool poking fun at my friends and their iPhones and their oh-so-superior Macs. I even defended Windows Vista and excused the Windows mobile (even though I was rebooting it about every 4 hours). Then my wife got smart and demanded an iPhone. Since my hate was just a way of masking lack of real knowledge (like everyone else) I went along. Before we made the 7 mile trip from the AT&T store to home I had my mits on her iPhone and wouldn’t let go. The next morning I got my first iPhone, a few months later a Macbook Pro. Maybe its a religion but I know good quality products when I see them. Now I look at the haters and see myself before I matured a bit. If that makes me an elitist so be it… I’d rather have that label than be one of these moronic haters who do nothing but post their negativity and hate on blogs all day. How do you not pity them. And seriously, making a facebook page because you hate a blogger who might be a fanboy? Holy crap, talk about not having a life.

  • Jeff S.

    I don’t care….religion is all made up, none of it ever happened, and only followers are religious…

  • brent

    If Steve Jobs was the messiah, then certainly his precious iDevice should’ve been perfect, but alas.. Some of the people even think it’s worth to shoot it with a .50 cal sniper Rifle. http://2su.de/Ayx

  • epgomez

    Thats is so risky and so daring for you to say. I wouldn’t be surprised you’re living miserably right now. Just to warn you check what happened to the guys like you…

  • brent

    Take note, The Pope didn’t specifically said. It was Apple. But folks from Giz, who can’t stop j!zz!ng their pants on the new iPhone at that year (2006) (1st gen) misinterpret the pope’s word – And thought it was Steve Jobs.

    It would be pleasurable to see the faces of these people, when Google or other company manage to create a device that would make an Apple device. Look f0rsaken. http://2su.de/L9s

  • Athiestic

    +2000 years or so

  • Harniss

    God DOES love a good closed garden!

  • http://www.taxlaw.pl Radca Prawny

    Apple is a religion – LOL

  • Mexican Janitor

    We supposed to be a creation of God, and, are we perfect?
    As a true Applestole I think our Apple holy devices are as perfect as our Lord Jobs wants them to be. Mercy on us, the sinners, we don’t deserve iPhones.

  • Athiestic

    Oh puleeeez!

  • http://twitter.com/schram Schram

    Yep, cult. I actually own an iPad 3G, iPhone 4, and a MacBook, but MG Seigler’s so blinded to reality it’s hilarious.

    The whole subject of the article went zooming over his head. He asks, “Well, if this were really a problem, hows come everybody’s not returning their phones?” HELLO? Because so many are brainwashed creepy cultists who are afraid to go against Dear Leader. That’s what the article’s pointing out.

    MG’s the perfect example. In his own words, he describes his iPhone experience as “filled with dropped calls and shit service.” That sounds like a problem to me. To him, it’s “not a big deal,” it’s just another tasty shitburger delivered on a platter from Steve Jobs, and when MG’s not asking for seconds, he’s writing paeans to Apple commercials and how they remind him of classic Mad Men scenes.

    Seriously, a cult.

  • johnny

    another quote, Jobs 18:9 I will not let u look at porn on this device we shall call a “revolution”

  • Talesin

    Funny how MG Siegler keeps insisting that people would return something if there were a problem with it. Never heard of ‘sacrifices for fashion’? Never mind if it doesn’t work, people SEE you with it! People are willing to put up with constant pain to associate themselves with desirability. $500 for a paperweight that they imagine will do that is cheap. MAGICAL, MAGICAL, MAGICAL, MAGICAL LA LA LA I CAN’T HEAR YOU! (Literally.)

    Fanboys, fad-chasers and the countless other variants of iDrones are idiots like that.

  • johnny

    and no one told me to read your stupid fucking comment, but I did.

  • Mexican Janitor

    Is it a coincidence that a bitten Manzana it’s the symbol of the original sin?

    ‘Dogs f*cked the Pope, no fault of mine!’
    -From ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas’.

  • Mexican Janitor

    What’s wrong with you people. I don’t know you people. Why are you here?

    MG Siegler is just plain genius! Can you see it?

  • fffdsfadsfafsd

    Nobody knows their history. Umberto Eco wrote about Apple’s co-opting of religious memes and resulting fanboi fervor and iconographic fetishism almost 20 years ago:

    http://www.themodernword.com/eco/eco_mac_vs_pc.html

  • Mexican Janitor

    Blah blah blah… It’s just a computer brand for f*ck sake! They just happened to be a little more reliable than Windows computers. We could be using Linux instead if they had a more stable, non-changing and easy to use platform and programs that businesses and professionals use.

  • MobileGeorge

    Fox News got it wrong! Steve Jobs isn’t Jesus. He’s Moses!

    You know, that guy with the tablets and all the commandments.

  • http://www.brianshall.com Brian S Hall

    Shouldn’t you have at least noted that Fox News is reporting on a story by two university researchers rather than pretending it’s some sort of Fox News wackiness?

  • Mexican Janitor

    you mean the guy with the iPads and the protocols?

  • Mexican Janitor

    the wackiness comes from Fox by making a ‘story’ out of this nonsense.
    We have real news going on in our neighborhoods and Fox is not reporting it. Just think of all the homeless starving kids of your own locality and inner cities not having an iPad, not even an iPod touch to use!! What a tragedy we have in our own cities, while Fox makes a mockery of all of this. Shame on them.

  • Rob
  • MobileGeorge

    Thou shalt not run Flash.
    Thou shalt not jailbreak.
    Thou shalt not show boobies in apps.
    Thou shalt not produce apps that compete with Apple’s.
    Thou shalt not swear in apps.
    Thou shalt not perform true multitasking.
    Thou shalt not have any music before iTunes.
    Thou shalt not hold your phone on the bottom-left.

  • Mexican Janitor

    +1

  • Tom

    It takes one autocratic, cultist extremist to recognize another.

    Well done Fox, you finally found your long lost twin.

  • mark

    Now that Apple is on or near the top this will all change. Apple can’t behave in the manner that it does and make the kind of money that it does and not have the general public turn against them. It is inevitable. Wait a year. You’ll see.

  • http://www.theatlantic.com/alexis-madrigal/ Alexis Madrigal

    Thanks, Alex. I had the *same* thought because I wrote the Atlantic article.

  • http://www.microsoft.com dave

    “the Devil, as represented first by Microsoft and now by Google”

    I think it was IBM first then Microsoft.

  • bobby

    Unless you want to use Safari web browser for that on the iPhone…

    duh! Idiot, moron, ignoramus!

  • Gizmo

    Oh look, is another post of MG!
    (Leaving TechCrunch, deleting the feed of Google reader, and shutdown the computer…)

  • Ray Burt

    Finally, an MG article about Apple that is newsworthy, unbiased and timely.

  • Ted

    Apple Fanatics are more of a CULT just like Scientology. Steve Jobs is the new L. Ron and M.G. is like Tom Cruise jumping on a couch and making an ass of himself.

  • Nnonfanboy

    You mean like these apps? “Several iPhone apps have been pulled from the App Store after being found to be harvesting user data, intentionally or unintentionally. A game called Aurora Feint was uploading all the user contacts to the developer’s server, and salespeople from Swiss road traffic information app MogoRoad were calling customers who downloaded the app. Game app Storm8 was sued last fall for allegedly harvesting customer phone numbers without permission, but it later stopped that practice. And users also complained that Pinch Media, an analytics framework used by developers, was collecting data about customer phones.” Taken from http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10446402-245.html And this is WITH Apple having a closed garden! I guess that could be like God allowing the serpent to be in Eden!

  • learn_to_write

    “Jesus. Maybe literally”

    that is your opening paragraph. you are the worst writer ever.

  • Cake

    Haha, you’ll very rarely see Apple users get flamebaited. Apple users know and use the actual products so false or uninformed posts are just ignored; trying to explain otherwise is futile anyway.

    Also, I was exactly like you, Duber. My angle was the circulating FUD that there were very little software on OSX and that there were device incompatibilities aplenty.

  • Mike

    Rob,

    Later updates indicate that the only thing that wallpaper was transmitting were subscriber id numbers. Which, really isnt all that useful.

  • Bob

    Apple cannot be compared to a organized religion. It can at best be compared to a cult. Selling 1.7 million phones in 3 days does not make it the beatles of our age. Nokia is still selling more than a million phones per day(dont steer discussion towards profits, consumers hardly care about how much profits a company makes). And guess what world cup football final was watched by more than 3 billion people. Now that is a religion, football is a religion. IPhone aura will die down, once Steve Jobs goes. I dont see anybody else in Apple board as good as Steve Jobs.

  • Tim

    Gruber is the Archbishop for Apple Propaganda, MG is the parish priest at TechCrunch, and the fanbois are all getting it up the rear end

  • http://twitter.com/StartupHotOrNot StartupHotOrNot

    after the Death Grip problem it’s now the JUDAS phone

  • http://andrewfong.com Andrew F

    Oh man, this needs to be a Futurama episode. Too bad they just did one on Apple.

  • MG Siegler -not really

    Kneel before me, peasant infidel, and suck it!

  • HateU

    Fire MG, he’s talking non-sense over and over again!

  • giantslor

    FOX News is also like a religion:

    - Spews illogical, fact-free BS

    - Harmful to humanity, impedes progress

    - People believe it passionately and without question, even in the face of devastating evidence against it.

  • kevi n

    It’s very strange how people defend apple. Why have a phone that doesn’t work? I think its a kind of cult thing. Just so strange. Apple made a shiny turd and people continue to buy into it. What will happen when someone needs 911 and can’t place a call? I wouldn’t own an iphone until apple fixes it. What good is a car you can’t drive!?

  • http://www.spinland.biz Spinny

    “Why have a phone that doesn’t work?”

    Overstate much? Where are you getting your information? I don’t even own an iPhone 4 and even I know that is a blatant mis-representation. Despite the lack of a “Recommended” rating CR gave it the highest performance marks of any “smart phone” and the antenna issues are minor, at best. Some people can’t even reproduce the “problem,” and the other phones having the same issue is a fact, regardless of how you view Jobs’ motivation in revealing it.

    Reading some of the untruths spoken as fact here helps me better understand why people even seek out “sources” like FOX. They don’t want information unless it’s tailored to fit their prejudice.

    Yeah, I think Jobs is a douche, but damn.

  • http://yaarik.posterous.com Yaarik

    MR Siegler, you always cover the most “interesting” of subjects on TechCrunch!

  • MG Siegler -not really

    Yeah right, like you know all the Apple heads. There is more Steves, dude, wait and see.

  • http://m8-2.com John

    So I guess the daily prayer should go something like this.

    Our Jobs who art in california hollowed be thy name … thy computer does not crash thy will will be done. On macs and not on any other computer. Give us this day our daily OS and forgive us for using another but deliver us from windows.

  • Mike

    I don’t understand. You say if something doesn’t work you return it, but from your blog posts, AT&T doesn’t work. So why haven’t you returned all of your iPhones? I mean they don’t work very well on AT&T, yet you’re willing to live with it. Seems to bolster the argument that it is in fact a religion.

  • http://www.spirofrog.de Schulze

    So true! so true!

  • http://oughtten.com Brad Hart

    The tone of the article clearly says the author is a devotee to the Idol of the iPhone. I am surprised he isn’t telling us we can down load sermons from iTunes.

  • http://corporate.inchannel.tv Jefrey Bulla

    A lot of start ups started in a garage, is that a reason for comparing it with Jesus?, what a stupid argument

  • http://corporate.inchannel.tv Jefrey Bulla

    lot of start ups were born in a garage, is that a reason to compare it with Jesus, what a stupid argument

  • http://skyrog.info skyrog

    obligatory Moses/tablet reference

  • Garion

    *LOL* That was actually pretty damn funny ;-)
    Think I’ll copy/paste it, if you don’t mind? *s*

  • Gin

    MG, although I don’t know him and never heard of him before, sounds like he’s dumbfounded as to why people keep buying something that “doesn’t work.” I think his definitions create his own story. People don’t buy cars that can’t run. They don’t buy bicycles with no wheels. The antenna issue obviously isn’t a big enough issue or people wouldn’t buy it. Period.

    What’s happened is that for once, Apple hasn’t been able to live up to its very high standards, so it is the MGs and other haters that are putting this noose around Apple’s neck. Steve Job’s isn’t dead. And neither is his antenna. Long live the iphone. even though I am speaking up for my as-yet-to-be-received iphone. Not because Apple is God. I just couldn’t be convinced that Droid is better (and it doesn’t have enough apps).

    Pilate called Jesus, “King of the Jews.” Jesus responded “Thou sayest.” Now you want to anoint Jobs as the new Messiah. His retort? “Hey, just let me do my thing; call me what you want.”

    Jobs is on his job. That’s all there is to it. He is just doing his thing.

    Maybe it was a slow day. It’s hard to come up with new things to write all of the time.

  • Aidan

    In the 80s, Ronald Reagan set forth his economic model. By the end of his presidency, the economy was injured. Every Republican president since him has tried this model. Every Republican president since him and including him has left us in a recession.

    The Republicans are the masters of buying things that have been proven not to work.

  • Gin

    Those are fighting words, dude. Calling an iphone user a Republican is blasphemous and the device is ill-suited for the egos of Republicans.

    Blackberrys are for Republicans so they can delude themselves that they really understand business and can hustle their next asset-grab. BBs are for texting Mad Money on CNBC or something.

    Steve Jobs was vilified for saying to hold the iphone differently, so he has proven not to be God-like. He’s just good at marketing a product that people still want. This MG guy sounds like an aspiring rock star who can’t understand why he’s not famous–and groups like the Black Eyes Peas are: their brand works; you can dance to their music and the tunes are quite simple.

  • http://www.oapple.tk Apple Fan

    Your blogs are always about fact and best products winning. Enjoy your blogs and are very informative.

  • http://www.oapple.tk Apple

    Nice – I get charged for the app, then the transcribers collect the data and sell it to lead-generation sites.

  • jenny

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