al gore

GreenMeanie · Oct 14, 2007

They really need to get rid of the Al Gore article on the home page of Apple. That alone will make me not buy their products.

RiDE · Oct 14, 2007

I'm not an Al Gore fan either..

BUT.... be careful not to "cut off your nose to spite your face".

schweb · Oct 14, 2007

GreenMeanie said:
They really need to get rid of the Al Gore article on the home page of Apple. That alone will make me not buy their products.

If that would stop you from buying an exceptional product, then they probably wouldn't want you as a customer.

baggss · Oct 14, 2007

GreenMeanie said:
They really need to get rid of the Al Gore article on the home page of Apple. That alone will make me not buy their products.

I agree with the first part of your statement. He is on the Apple board though so it's not surprising. It won't stop me from buying their products, but it will make me change my home-page until they take his ugly mug and their silly sappy drooling statement down.

schweb said:
If that would stop you from buying an exception product, then they probably wouldn't want you as a customer.

I'm not sure that really matters. Apple's not going to turn away anyones business, Al Gore or no Al Gore. To be honest, that came across as bit petty schweb. I'd expect it from a regular member like myself but not from the staff. Then again, everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

Geeky1 · Oct 14, 2007

GreenMeanie said:
They really need to get rid of the Al Gore article on the home page of Apple. That alone will make me not buy their products.

In a sense, I agree. They're entitled to say whatever they want, of course, but I found that page or article or whatever you want to call it irritating as well.

ibookclamman300 · Oct 14, 2007

it is a bit out of place but I like Al Gore. Unless you really know how much work and time he spent to raise awareness, how much of his time as a senator then vice president was spent trying to get officials to believe the reality of global warming then you wont understand why he got the prize

baggss · Oct 14, 2007

You mean as long as you actually buy into the hype?

I can se this thread going south already....

schweb · Oct 14, 2007

baggss said:
I'm not sure that really matters. Apple's not going to turn away anyones business, Al Gore or no Al Gore. To be honest, that came across as bit petty schweb. I'd expect it from a regular member like myself but not from the staff. Then again, everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

No, petty is the OP's position that an Al Gore article on a homepage would stop them from buying a product. It's so insignificant to what the Mac is and doesn't even have any affect on the product.

My main point is that if someone is going to so annoyed over something that insignificant, then they would probably be a very annoying customer from a servicing standpoint.

ibookclamman300 · Oct 14, 2007

schweb said:
No, petty, is the OP's position that an Al Gore article on a homepage would stop them from buying a product. It's so insignificant to what the Mac is and doesn't even have any affect on the product.

My main point is that if someone is going to so annoyed over something that insignificant, then they would probably be a very annoying customer from a servicing standpoint.

i'd have to agree, this topic was childish to start with. who really cares?

ki99 · Oct 14, 2007

it's kind of like saying you wouldn't eat at a restaurant with exceptionally good food because the restaurant manager prefers LCD, while you prefer plasma.

cheetahastra · Oct 14, 2007

Who cares, its an insignificant article which is probably only going to be on apple.com for a few days. It has nothing to do with the product.

aznburninator · Oct 14, 2007

I don't mind Al Gore. I actually kind of like him. I don't see why people have to hate on him for winning a Nobel Prize. Sure it's a big thing, but eh.

And his placement on the site =/= whether or not one should buy Apple products. But that's just me.

Ryan13 · Oct 14, 2007

I'm not a big fan of gore, but you cant deny the work and research he has done. It'll be down from the sight in a couple days and it'll be back to normal.

dtravis7 · Oct 14, 2007

Ryan13 said:
I'm not a big fan of gore, but you cant deny the work and research he has done. It'll be down from the sight in a couple days and it'll be back to normal.

I just went to apple.com and it did not show up for me this time.

DSCole312 · Oct 14, 2007

Looks like it's back to the old iPod Nano thing.

IMO, the Al Gore thing was pretty classy on Apple's part.

Levi · Oct 15, 2007

If I had a Nobel prize winner on my board of directors, I'm sure I'd like to let people know about it too.

TopDog · Oct 15, 2007

baggss said:
You mean as long as you actually buy into the hype?

It's interesting to see how many still believe global warming is nothing but a hype... and that most of those people come from the US.

Village Idiot · Oct 15, 2007

schweb said:
No, petty is the OP's position that an Al Gore article on a homepage would stop them from buying a product. It's so insignificant to what the Mac is and doesn't even have any affect on the product.

My main point is that if someone is going to so annoyed over something that insignificant, then they would probably be a very annoying customer from a servicing standpoint.

This is a little extreme, but would you still feel the same if it was a picture of Hitler with the caption of "Guten tag" on Apple's front page?

It's a political figure that you probably don't agree with. It would probably put you off from wanting to deal with the company. Maybe the original guy has some deep seated hatred of Al Gore, like most of the public does for Hitler.

Ryan13 · Oct 15, 2007

schweb said:
No, petty is the OP's position that an Al Gore article on a homepage would stop them from buying a product. It's so insignificant to what the Mac is and doesn't even have any affect on the product.

My main point is that if someone is going to so annoyed over something that insignificant, then they would probably be a very annoying customer from a servicing standpoint.

Exactly. Just because you don't support a certain political figure, and there is a picture of him after he wins The Nobel Peace Prize on the website of the company that he is on the board of directors with, it is pretty immature to say that you will stop buying from that website if their products are something you love. It was only up for one day, so I think we should just let this die down now.

Zoolook · Oct 15, 2007

Well I do support Al Gore's initiative, but I still don't think Apple are wise to politicise their website this way. There are far too many people who still don't give a stuff about the environment, or think Global Warming is some huge consipracy designed to limit their 'freedoms'.

Ultimately, it's not a great idea to marginalise potential customers, from a purely business perspective.

Village Idiot said:
Maybe the original guy has some deep seated hatred of Al Gore, like most of the public does for Hitler.

Comparing Al Gore to Hitler is a little extreme?