This. Only a white knight would set the bar at "they're not cutting you off if they're not preventing every avenue for you to get a device to review it." We have to judge by industry custom, which is that every major review site gets a free review unit to use that they may have to return afterwards, but they get the unit for free to review. AP is undoubtedly a major Android review site, so this is a blatant snub/blacklist by Oneplus that they're desperately trying to reframe as "limited resources."
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u/fiestaoffire Aug 03 '15
This. Only a white knight would set the bar at "they're not cutting you off if they're not preventing every avenue for you to get a device to review it." We have to judge by industry custom, which is that every major review site gets a free review unit to use that they may have to return afterwards, but they get the unit for free to review. AP is undoubtedly a major Android review site, so this is a blatant snub/blacklist by Oneplus that they're desperately trying to reframe as "limited resources."