I have a couple dozen Apple-oriented feeds in my reader, and I don't remember seeing anything about this screw. Either my memory is really bad, or they're seriously over-estimating their impact.

EDIT: to add a few links to sites gloating that they weren't caught.

1. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/08/13/rumored_iphone...

2.http://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/08/13/ridiculous-apple...

3.http://www.loopinsight.com/2012/08/13/how-we-screwed-almost-...

4,http://www.tuaw.com/2012/08/13/rumor-roundup-some-screwy-asy...