I HATE APPLE

(The band)

Ha, I love it. But I'll watch hydraulic crush videos for hours already.

they're very popular!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPh64MGfcBM

I saw someone point out they could make this a good advert by playing it in reverse.

Finally a replacement for "Lemmings" as the worst Apple ad ever.

Marques Brownlee reviews the new iPad, says...it's an iPad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T0MGehwWvE

Read max had a good piece on that guy as the last tech blogger this week.

I’m old and only recently noticed him but it’s nice to see someone who’s on the reviews beat who isn’t epic bacon or a weirdo devotee. Just letting me know if things work and are worth my time

i liked that iPad review, seemed pretty honest and not overly dramatic
and, thankfully he stuck the product placement at the very end

Finally a replacement for "Lemmings" as the worst Apple ad ever.

― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, May 8, 2024 4:12 PM (yesterday)

Apple agrees...

https://adage.com/article/digital-marketing-ad-tech-news/apple-apologizes-ipad-pro-crushed-ad-it-missed-mark/2559321

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/09/technology/apple-ipad-ad-crush-apology.html

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/apple-apologizes-ipad-pro-crush-ad-criticism-1235895327/

lol

I hate apple

In fairness, if an apple critic made that ad, I'd be thumbs up, so really can't fault apple for coming up with it first.

rip https://adage.com/article/digital-marketing-ad-tech-news/apple-apologizes-ipad-pro-crushed-ad-it-missed-mark/2559321

“In fairness” are you really putting the customer on equal footing with apple corporation

Fourteen years ago, many members of another community I was involved with saw the iPad as a huge innovation. For me, I felt that it was simply a consumption device to sell more content from the App Store.

I win.

Conclusive

I hate Apple and I don't think I've ever bought any of their products, but I can see what they were trying to do with the ad and it's actually quite funny how literally it sums up what the smartphone is right now, culturally and technically. I'd say it's a bad ad because it provides no illusion, just an uncomfortable brutal truth. Making music, films, pictures, drawing... what isn't done on the iPhone ?

I barely touch an actual laptop or desktop outside of work and do pretty much everything at home on my iPad. Tablet good imo