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Hitting back at the Apple haters EDITORIAL Editor Karen Haslam [email protected] Apple’s “corporate thuggery”, “troubled” iOS 7 launch and Reviews Editor Andrew Harrison [email protected] iPhone 5c “order cuts” nonsense Managing Editor Marie Brewis [email protected] Art Director Mandie Johnson [email protected] Production Editor Rob Woodcock [email protected] he media covers Apple news Multimedia Editor Dominik Tomaszewski [email protected] in one of two ways: either Staff Writer Ashleigh Allsopp [email protected] Senior Staff Writer Chris Martin [email protected] suggesting that “Steve Jobs Online Editor David Price [email protected] would never have let this Online Editor David Court [email protected] happen,” or o ering helpful advice and Associate Editor Neil Bennett [email protected] T Associate Editor Jim Martin [email protected] information. At Macworld, we like to think Editor-In-Chief Matt Egan [email protected] we o er the latter. Nonetheless, Apple Intern Lauren Dezenski [email protected] bashing has become a popular internet Contributors Orestis Bastounis, Jeffery Battersby, Christopher Breen, Taylor Callery, sport, and sometimes it can be di cult to Martyn Casserly, Jackie Dove, Simon Eccles, Duncan Evans, Dan Frakes, Lex Friedman, James Galbraith, Craig Grannell, Mark Hattersley, fi nd a positive angle on a story. Karl Hodge, Chris Holt, Cliff Joseph, Gregg Keizer, Ted Landau, Vic Lennard, Roman Loyola, Joel Mathis, Kirk McElhearn, Philip Michaels, Most recently, we’ve read how Dan Miller, Dan Moren, Jared Newman, Ian Paul, Jonathan Seff, everybody hates iOS 7 – so much so Marco Tabini that an American chap is suing Apple for preventing him downgrading to iOS 6. ADVERTISING According to Mark Menacher, “Apple’s Head of advertising Tom Drummond [email protected] disregard for customer preferences in Account manager Tom How [email protected] Account manager Edward Longmate [email protected] relation to iOS 7 is corporate thuggery.” The news focused on the Account executive Lucie Gillespie [email protected] Moreover, he says, “Steve Jobs was problems and not the fact MARKETING rough on company employees in pursuit of Marketing manager Ash Patel [email protected] happy customers, but Tim Cook cultivates that, wow, 600 million Head of marketing design James Walker [email protected] Affiliate manager Letitia Austin [email protected] a culture of contempt for customer users want a piece of this satisfaction in pursuit of corporate profi ts.” But let’s be honest, the Jobs excuse just didn’t last long and, according to market SUBSCRIPTION ORDERS Subscriptions hotline doesn’t wash. 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