…everybody from the EFF to Jon Stewart is howling about mean ol’ Apple sic’ing the San Mateo DA on the poor Gizmodo blogger who is a shining martyr to freedom of the press WAH WAH WAH WAH WAH WAHHHHHHMBULANCE. I will now puncture this self-righteous circle jerk with one word:
Engadget.
Go back and look at that again. More specifically, look at their archives. Two days before Gizmodo’s big breaking story, they published more or less the same thing – with specs and pictures, no less. And what have we heard from Apple? Not a mumbling word. Not so much as a takedown notice for the pictures.
So quit with your crocodile tears, people. If Jason Chen and Gawker Media don’t want to be treated like criminal suspects, maybe they shouldn’t have committed a fucking crime. Buy the ticket, take the ride. Pity level = NEGATIVE INFINITY.