There are a hundred and one ways to describe the Apple versus Samsung patent war but it all comes down to some Reddit users who used one word: childish.
While the rest of the tech world is busy making more gadgets to flood the markets for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, netizens at Reddit are busily analyzing Apple’s UK homepage. When Apple lost the U.K. court ruling to Samsung, the Cupertino-based tech company was forced to admit publicly that their Korean competitor had not copied the iPad (the judge said Galaxy tablets are simply not that “cool” anyway). The company had to put up the disclaimer on their website, as required by the British court that said Samsung did not copy their designs.
What Went On
Last month, Apple was reprimanded for posting only a link of the Samsung vs. Apple U.K. ruling on their website instead of publishing the whole statement. The tech giant appealed, claiming that the statement would ruin the website’s design. The company also said that they were not willing to advertise its competitor on its own web territory. That being said, the judges gave Apple a grace period of one month to figure out how to put the statement on their website.
And they did, though a bit grudgingly. The tech giant has posted a statement on their U.K. website. The statement (which you can view through this link) did specify that they were “inaccurate” in their previous statement which was reprimanded by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. The statement also links to another page bearing a two paragraph official statement from the company as requested by the court.
What Really Is Going On
We’ll let pass the fact that both statements are nothing but formal nods to both parties involved. It’s probably enough that the big time American tech company has acknowledged their rival on their own website and was also subjected to releasing a public statement through other media platforms. But this kind of “sorry” still makes a lot of techie followers shake their heads in disbelief.
Some Reddit users even noticed that the tech giant had intentionally placed the statement on the most bottom part of the website. Above it is an ad about the iPad Mini with graphics that are so big, you’ll even see it growing bigger if you try to resize your browser’s window. Tech journalists have speculated that Apple deliberately programmed the statement to be almost unnoticeable for most browsers where you have to scroll down the page just to see it. In fact, you’ll notice that whatever your screen’s resolution is, you won’t be able to see the bottom of the page without scrolling down!
Aside from the statement that was supposedly “hidden” down the page, a lot of Reddit users also laughed at the fact that the tech giant even created a Javascript code that redirects to a uniquely bare page that contains the two paragraph statement that sounds so cold it could’ve frozen a turkey. Also, techie netizens noted that the said page was only available on the company’s U.K. site. And that, folks, is how tech giants say “sorry” these days.
As of press time, Apple versus Samsung patent lawsuits have been filed in different courts all over the world. Apple managed to win lawsuits filed in the United States while Samsung was favored in lawsuits filed in South Korea and Japan.
While the rest of the tech world is busy making more gadgets to flood the markets for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, netizens at Reddit are busily analyzing Apple’s UK homepage. When Apple lost the U.K. court ruling to Samsung, the Cupertino-based tech company was forced to admit publicly that their Korean competitor had not copied the iPad (the judge said Galaxy tablets are simply not that “cool” anyway). The company had to put up the disclaimer on their website, as required by the British court that said Samsung did not copy their designs.
What Went On
Last month, Apple was reprimanded for posting only a link of the Samsung vs. Apple U.K. ruling on their website instead of publishing the whole statement. The tech giant appealed, claiming that the statement would ruin the website’s design. The company also said that they were not willing to advertise its competitor on its own web territory. That being said, the judges gave Apple a grace period of one month to figure out how to put the statement on their website.
And they did, though a bit grudgingly. The tech giant has posted a statement on their U.K. website. The statement (which you can view through this link) did specify that they were “inaccurate” in their previous statement which was reprimanded by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. The statement also links to another page bearing a two paragraph official statement from the company as requested by the court.
What Really Is Going On
We’ll let pass the fact that both statements are nothing but formal nods to both parties involved. It’s probably enough that the big time American tech company has acknowledged their rival on their own website and was also subjected to releasing a public statement through other media platforms. But this kind of “sorry” still makes a lot of techie followers shake their heads in disbelief.
Some Reddit users even noticed that the tech giant had intentionally placed the statement on the most bottom part of the website. Above it is an ad about the iPad Mini with graphics that are so big, you’ll even see it growing bigger if you try to resize your browser’s window. Tech journalists have speculated that Apple deliberately programmed the statement to be almost unnoticeable for most browsers where you have to scroll down the page just to see it. In fact, you’ll notice that whatever your screen’s resolution is, you won’t be able to see the bottom of the page without scrolling down!
Aside from the statement that was supposedly “hidden” down the page, a lot of Reddit users also laughed at the fact that the tech giant even created a Javascript code that redirects to a uniquely bare page that contains the two paragraph statement that sounds so cold it could’ve frozen a turkey. Also, techie netizens noted that the said page was only available on the company’s U.K. site. And that, folks, is how tech giants say “sorry” these days.
As of press time, Apple versus Samsung patent lawsuits have been filed in different courts all over the world. Apple managed to win lawsuits filed in the United States while Samsung was favored in lawsuits filed in South Korea and Japan.
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