Daily Show rips the "Appholes" at Apple in "lost iPhone" case

Jon Stewart ripped into Apple on "The Daily Show" on Wednesday night, over the lost iPhone issue. While applauding Apple products (he has a MacBook, iPhone, and the bigger iPhone (iPad), which he says he uses to fool his kids into thinking he's shrinking), he had to admit that when it comes to what Apple's done in the "lost iPhone" case, he was on the opposite side of the fence.

(Bad Apple, Big Bad Apple).

As we know, the authorities broke into Gizmodo editor Jason Chen's house last Friday night, and seized 4 PCs and two servers. Jon's response?

"The cops had to bashed in the guy's door? Don't they know there's an app for that?"

Apparently, the police don't. Stewart gets to the point: Apple has become what it once mocked in its first ad for the Macintosh: Big Brother.

“Apple you guys were the rebels man, the underdogs. People believed in you. But now, are you becoming The Man? Remember back in 1984, you had those awesome ads about overthrowing Big Brother? (cut to Macintosh ad)

"Look in the mirror, man! [...]

"It wasn't supposed to be this way. Microsoft was supposed to be the evil one. But now, you guys are busting down doors in Palo Alto while Commandant Gates is ridding the world of mosquitoes. What the f**k is going on?

“If you want to break down someone’s door, why don’t you start with AT&T, for God sakes? They make your amazing phone unusable as a phone! I mean seriously! How do you drop 4 calls in a one mile stretch of the West Side Highway? With no building around! What, does the open space confuse AT*T's signal? [...]

Come on, Steve. Just chill out with the paranoid corporate genius stuff. Don't go Howard Hughes on us. We don't want to picture you holed up in a tower somewhere peeing into mason jars while designing a giant wooden touchscreen that you'll use once. 'It's the new iSpruce.'

“I’m telling you this because it’s important, man. And believe me, I’m taking a big chance here. This is my audience. And this is way more explosive than putting Muhammad in a bikini to my audience.”

It will be interesting to see what will happen if Stephen Colbert decides to cover this. It will be still more interesting if any charges are filed over this.

While its true the raid on Chen's house was done by California's Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team, it's also true that Apple sits on REACT's steering committee. It doesn't take much math to add two and two. C'mon, Apple. Be real. Drop it.

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