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I hope they get sued for this, but I don't believe it's a conspiracy. Rather, just a case of someone trying too hard to meet certain sale expectations and hold on to a bonus.
That's the way conspiracies work. What did you expect, aliens?
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Samsung's IP theft issues would lead me to believe that their credo is "whatever it takes to win" and this kind of behavior isn't out of line with their track record.
>Samsung's IP theft issues You mean the time when Apple tried to patent "0-length-swipe" and a shape of a box?
It's sad that samsung would do this... Is it commonplace for companies to do this?
Yeah, I worked for an iOS game company that asked its employees to give its games positive reviews in the App Store and everywhere else they could think of. I don't think many of us bothered - I certainly didn't.
What is unacceptable though is deliberately trashing your opponents.
>perhaps the bigger issue here is this: if Samsung has been using these tactics against HTC, are they also engaged in similar marketing techniques with other rivals? The even bigger issue is, who else is doing this more intelligently than Samsung?
It's no surprise that when they try to do evil, they do it in a clumsy and public manner.
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Yeah, I worked for an iOS game company that asked its employees to give its games positive reviews in the App Store and everywhere else they could think of. I don't think many of us bothered - I certainly didn't.
This is very common place and I don't think there is anything wrong with it. What is unacceptable though is deliberately trashing your opponents.
It is probably very common (and as an impulse understandable) but I think it's still wrong even without trashing your opponents. Saying your product is better than it is is not much different than saying explicitly that it's better than the other guys. Either way, it a cynical lie.
I suspect this isn't the first instance they've done this. Looking closer at Anti-Apple/ Pro-Samsung Google+ posts reveal some questionable user profiles.
Really hard to follow any technology news without getting inundated with nonsensical rants against every breath Steve Jobs or Tim Cook took and takes, respectfully.
Imagine the furore if Apple was caught doing this.
Companies who are leaders in their industry do not usually need to do this. I've heard of it happening at smaller organizations or sole proprietorships (small business), but it is strange to see from a company as large as Samsung. What's important is how high up the chain this was sanctioned by. If it's a lowly manager somewhere, he/she will just get fired and this will all blow over. If it's right at the top, it's m…
As an example, during the Apple vs Samsung patent wars (after Samsung lost), a handful of publications were writing in support of Apple even when most of them knew that Apple was abusing the patent system to its core. Most of them looked very much like they were paid by Apple to write it. Some even went as far as saying the win for Apple is good for innovation (which obviously it is not)[1]. Another example is once an author from Techcrunch even admitted to getting compensated monetarily by Apple to write a post bashing a competitor.
Apple, Samsung, LG, Sony, Panasonic, etc. are no different from each other. So let's not get religious, shall we?
[1] http://gizmodo.com/5938193/apple-winning-the-patent-wars-is-...
Sort of like how Reddit used a bunch of sockpuppet accounts to spark interest in their site?