So, the corrected notice is up. You have to scroll down to see it.
Resize your browser window to any size at all, and you still have to scroll down to see it. And no matter what size you choose, the big product icons at the "bottom" will neatly align with the
bottom of the window, to make it as non-obvious as possible that there's more below the fold. Scroll down slightly, and the first thing you see is a fairly standard looking page footer - which for many people will make them stop scrolling.
Looking at the page more closely, I found that it references http://images.apple.com/metrics/scripts/s_code_h.js, which contains a function getPercentPageViewed which measures exactly how many people will scroll down. I did not dig fully through the code obfuscation, but I am reasonably sure that this information is included in the s_ppv field of the session cookie which is sent to Apple on later requests. A look at the Wayback machine indicates that this tracking code is not new.
Therefore, if my interpretation is correct, Apple had and still has the exact fraction of people who would fail to scroll down and see the notice. And it possibly can measure what effect seeing the notice has on going on to buy. They may or may not have realized they had this information.
Samsung should ask Apple what fraction of users scroll down to see the notice. Additionally, they should ask Apple whetherthis issue arose in any internal discussions surrounding the notice. Apple is still acting in bad faith.
Resize your browser window to any size at all, and you still have to scroll down to see it. And no matter what size you choose, the big product icons at the "bottom" will neatly align with the bottom of the window, to make it as non-obvious as possible that there's more below the fold. Scroll down slightly, and the first thing you see is a fairly standard looking page footer - which for many people will make them stop scrolling.
Looking at the page more closely, I found that it references http://images.apple.com/metrics/scripts/s_code_h.js, which contains a function getPercentPageViewed which measures exactly how many people will scroll down. I did not dig fully through the code obfuscation, but I am reasonably sure that this information is included in the s_ppv field of the session cookie which is sent to Apple on later requests. A look at the Wayback machine indicates that this tracking code is not new.
Therefore, if my interpretation is correct, Apple had and still has the exact fraction of people who would fail to scroll down and see the notice. And it possibly can measure what effect seeing the notice has on going on to buy. They may or may not have realized they had this information.
Samsung should ask Apple what fraction of users scroll down to see the notice. Additionally, they should ask Apple whetherthis issue arose in any internal discussions surrounding the notice. Apple is still acting in bad faith.