Is Apple the most hated company on the Internet?
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Jan 30, 2008 at 10:12am
Internet Evolution’s latest in-site poll of the technology companies “you love and which you loathe” says that, in the “admittedly unscientific poll” (which has 1,702 responses as Macsimum News posted this article), Apple is the most hated company.
“Despite its first-place ranking in the most hated crowd, Apple also came in second place in the most liked category,” notes Internet Evolution. “Although a bit inconsistent, this makes good sense. After being a favorite among tech lovers for many years, we’ve recently seen the Microsoft v. Apple tables begin to turn. (See “Apple’s Arrogant Attitude About Security.”) While it hasn’t lost all its lackies just yet, Apple has at very least been knocked off its pedestal.
Apple, which received 30 percent of the vote, ranked higher on the hated chart than Microsoft, which came in second with 22 percent. Google is the most liked Internet company, with 32 percent of the vote.
Internet Evolution is a site devoting to covering, and prognosticating on, the future of the Internet (as you might guess from their name). The graphic below is from the web site.
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Dennis Sellers
Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 4,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
