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How about blazing red letters at the top of the page? How about putting "paid review" in the title of the HN submit?
by emptyfile 8y ago
How about blazing red letters at the top of the page?
How about putting "paid review" in the title of the HN submit?
- randallsquared 8y agoIs it "paid" if you have to return it after? Presuming "lent" is being used in it's ordinary meaning...
- kd5bjo 8y agoBut is this a paid review? He was lent the hardware, which means he had to return it after he had made his review. While there’s certainly some conflict of interest there, I don’t know anyone that would consider that a payment.
- ilogik 8y agoit's common practice for journalists to get review unit, which they later return. Not just apple, everybody does it. Also, in case you're not familiar with Marco, he was a co-founder of Tumblr, created Instapaper, and is the developer of Overcast (podcast app for iOS). Not sure he needs the money
- m_mueller 8y agoI don't think it's fair to suspect Marco being paid by Apple, he's far from a shill. See for example [1][2]. [1] https://marco.org/2017/11/14/best-laptop-ever https://marco.org/2017/11/14/best-laptop-ever [2] https://marco.org/2017/11/24/fixing-the-macbook-pro https://marco.org/2017/11/24/fixing-the-macbook-pro
- rsynnott 8y agoMost reviews are done on devices _loaned_ by the vendor; Consumer Reports and a couple of others buy their own stuff but they're very much the exception. A paid review is where the vendor pays for the review; that's very different. Basically any professional review of a computer you see will be on a review unit loaned by the vendor.