# Is Wal-Mart Really Afraid of Apple?

- Link: https://www.timprobst.com/2006/09/25/is-wal-mart-really-afraid-of-apple/
- Published: 2006-09-25T18:46:37-05:00
- Author: Tim Probst

So, I was reading MacRumors.com the other day and found their [post](http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2006/09/20060922134714.shtml)
about Wal-Mart retaliating against Apple to be very disturbing. The post cited a
New York Post article claiming that Wal-Mart threatened movie studios so that they
wouldn’t sell their movies on the iTunes Store. From what I’ve read about Wal-Mart’s
tactics, this does not surprise me one bit.

Personally, I do not buy media from Wal-Mart because of their demands to censor 
albums and movies. Besides that, I can’t really stand going in to their stores in
larger cities because they’re completely trashed. The employees or associates or
whatever they call them couldn’t care less about the way the stores look. I wish
I could say this is an isolated situation, but I have been in Wal-Mart stores all
over the country, and they’re always the same. The only time I’ve enjoyed a trip
to one of their stores was when I was in the middle of nowhere in Wisconsin. The
people there had pride in their store, and it was a nice experience. Store managers
from large cities should go out to these stores out in the country to see how to
do their jobs.

Anyway, back to my main point. If Wal-Mart did indeed threaten their suppliers, 
they should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Time to take down the Goliath
of Retail and let Apple take over the world (big sinister laugh).