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Apple gives two fucks about media pressure. Their longstanding history of giving in to pressure almost exclusively is responsive to their users, either:

- pro/dev users who act as their trend setters (see recent backpedals on keyboards and Mac Pro form factor)

- people hacking stuff where it’s popular enough they want more influence on the UX (bootcamp)

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Just search for example "apple backpedals" and it's pretty clear that Apple is not immune to the effects of publicity (like all companies)

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I cited a pretty huge example (bootcamp) where there was no media pressure at all. There was definitely tech pressure, but the media had no dog in the fight.

Finding an example of Apple changing something for a reason other than media coverage is hardly evidence of media coverage never swaying Apple.

Name an instance where Apple has reversed a decision where media outlets haven't reported on.

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