The near-giddy response to Apple’s misstep may point to a broader shift in the public attitude toward the company and its covert tactics.

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NY Times Bits blogger Jenna Wortham asks if Apple’s spell is wearing off. The evidence for this fallen “spell” (that Apple is one of the only companies in the world that gets described in such psuedo-religious terms strikes me as a symptom of lazy tech writers) is a bunch of moronic commenters on Gizmodo and the web’s paragon of critical thinking, Facebook.

If the shine is dulling, you certainly wouldn’t notice from today’s quarterly financials, which detailed Apple’s best non-holiday quarter in the history of the company. Sling those arrows of wit, ye mighty Gizmodo commenters, I’m certain Apple will somehow find comfort amongst its giant piles of money.