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No-bad-guys rule for onscreen iPhones


Apple allegedly doesn’t allow villains to use their products on-screen. Here’s everything to know about the company’s alleged "no villain clause."

Since then, eagle-eyed viewers have discovered several movies that seemingly found a loophole, including M. Night Shyamalan’s latest thriller, Trap, in which the serial killer uses a device strikingly similar to an iPhone. Koleto went on to share that Apple sends the props department an email with an outline of their expectations, including “how they want [the iPhone] seen” and “what kind of cases you’re allowed to put on it.” “Apple won’t pay to have their products featured, but they are more than willing to hand out an endless amount of computers, iPads and iPhones,” Gavin Polone, executive producer of Curb Your Enthusiasm, told BloombergBusinessweek.

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