David Barr Kirtley

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Super Bowl iTunes Scam

February 11, 2011 by David Barr Kirtley Leave a Comment

So I got totally screwed over when I tried to watch the Super Bowl on iTunes. First of all, they listed the final score of the game in the product description. Thanks a lot, assholes, it’s not like I was planning to actually, you know, watch that game after I downloaded it or anything. Then it wasn’t even the actual game, as advertised, but a painfully lame post-game highlights show that I turned off after 30 seconds. I posted a complaint, which is currently ranked the “most helpful” review of the Super Bowl on iTunes, and they have now taken down their bullshit fake Super Bowl file.

Edited to add: I also complained directly to Apple, and they did reverse the charges.

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Geek's Guide to the Galaxy is a podcast hosted by author David Barr Kirtley and produced by Lightspeed Magazine editor John Joseph Adams. The show features conversations about fantasy & science … Read more

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David Barr Kirtley

David Barr Kirtley is the host of the Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast, for which he’s interviewed over four hundred guests, including George R. R. Martin, Richard Dawkins, Paul Krugman, Simon Pegg, Margaret Atwood, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Ursula K. Le Guin. His short fiction appears in the book Save Me Plz and Other Stories.
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