@[member='Urza']
Just not to cause another quote pyramid, I'll just reply here.
I can see what you are getting at, and I both agree and find it a problem. People need to be more aware about how certain business moves affect the entirety of the market and they need to have access to better info about what is currently going on on it to make the right choice for them, which is exactly why I' making a - perhaps slightly fussy - fit about it. Apple's actions againts Samsung restricted the sales of their handsets in many European countries, and even though Poland was not affected, I still find it worrying. Both you and I know that Apple is not doing this to protect their trademarked property but to restrict sales of competing products - they've done it before and they know they can get away with it, all for your tax money, no less. As for the seals paste remark, it's a well-known fact that Apple products are produced in factories known for their inhumane treatment of employees, I've read quite a few articles about it, and while Apple can't do much about it, they can always threaten to move to another factory.
As you said yourself, "nobody cares until an embargo comes into the picture or someone actually gets hurt" and yet Apple seemed unrestricted by those rules, winning lawsuit after lawsuit and practically restricting free market as a result, because how else are you supposed to call it?
Perhaps I am idealistic, but for consumers to truly make the right choice, awareness has to be risen to the appropriate level, and for that, people need to go off on one every now and then, so that the issues become noticed.