This was the week when Tim Cook issued an apology to every Apple-adoring fanboi in China about how lousy the firm's customer service and warranty policies in the country were. The fruity chief was prompted by lots of state-controlled news outlet pressure, along with, presumably, the prickling of his conscience, to say in an …

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Friday 5th April 2013 10:16 GMT Anonymous Coward

Aaaand...

...the Jobs worship-o-thon continues.

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Friday 5th April 2013 10:29 GMT Anonymous Coward

"We do believe we have a moral responsibility to keep porn off the iPhone."

Yes, but who's the real wanker here?

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1. Friday 5th April 2013 10:56 GMT fandom
  
  So, Safari refuses to surf porn sites?
  
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  1. Friday 5th April 2013 10:59 GMT Anonymous Coward
    
    not from what I can see...
    
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Friday 5th April 2013 11:21 GMT nichomach

@AC 10:59

Thanks for taking the hit for us there...

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1. Friday 5th April 2013 17:42 GMT Armando 123
  
  Re: @AC 10:59
  
  I would say "thanks for taking one for the team", but given the context ...
  
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Friday 5th April 2013 12:25 GMT Nuno

porn

"Folks who want porn can buy an Android phone" - For the looks of it, most people in the world want porn...

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1. Friday 5th April 2013 12:50 GMT Michael Thibault
  
  Re: porn
  
  >most people in the world want porn...
  
  A telling fact! (I'm neither an IOSer nor a Porndroid user).
  
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Friday 5th April 2013 12:41 GMT Anonymous Coward

"We do believe we have a moral responsibility to keep porn off the iPhone. Folks who want porn can buy an Android phone."

Looks like the manufacturers have been missing a trick there, then... haven't seen any advertisements saying "Want porn? Buy Android!" yet!

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1. Friday 5th April 2013 14:21 GMT Mr. Nobby
  
  Porn sites sort of do that though... a handful of them have started releasing their own apps, possibly because of the lack of Flash in newer devices.
  
  Want to wank on the go? Get an Android phone, then get our app!
  
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Friday 5th April 2013 15:19 GMT Oninoshiko

"To most potential employers, he'd just seem like a jerk in bad clothing."

That's because he was a jerk in bad clothing.

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Friday 5th April 2013 19:25 GMT ElReg!comments!Pierre

about pr0n: Unwise comment perhaps?

"Folks who want porn can buy an Android phone"

As Mr Betamax said,"Folks who want porn can buy a VHS"...

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Saturday 6th April 2013 14:09 GMT Anonymous Coward

I don't own any Apple devices, but have heard kids refer to the iPod as "intenet porn on demand".

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