Lady Gaga and Apple have a lot in common. They're both known for their stunning design and larger-than-life performances. But it seems they part ways when it comes to politics.
Apple used Gaga's twitter feed in their highly anticipated press conference Wednesday to show off Apple's newly packaged Ping feature in iTunes. But rag site Gawker picked up on more than the hype. Apple censored Gaga's tweets and took out questionable words like "manwh***" and "bad a***." What few noticed was that they also took out Gaga's tweets celebrating the death of Prop 8.
"REJOICE and CELEBRATE gay communities and straight all over the world. Our voices are being heard! Loud SCREAM LOUD AMERICANOS!" read an original tweet. Apple's version was blank.
Lady Gaga knows where her fans come from. I'd bet my iMac that an impromptu survey would show that majority of Apple owners are also keen on their sparkly design. Cupertino should take a lesson from the recent Target slip and restart their cautious public face for the edginess that makes their products gay fan favorites.
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When I read the smug lil news story on how they were broadcasting to Apple owners only, I pretty much made up my mind I would not be buying anymore apple products as I do not want to support such an asswad of a company. Now that thought has been cemented in my head with this article.