I think this is the guy that runs that machine.
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Apple Apologizes for 'Crush' iPad Pro Ad, Won't Put It on TV
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Doesn’t matter. The message is the same.
Tell us you completely misunderstand Apple as a company without saying you completely misunderstand Apple as a company.
Maybe they should have clearly stated:
"No vintage tech was harmed in the filming of this ad."
No one here is outraged… except the people complaining about outrage and wokeness.
Steve Jobs wouldn't have let that video get out of the rough stage, let alone get ready to put it into the advertising channel.
Ikr they wasted brand new, perfectly good emojis that could've gone to an underfunded urban performing arts school!
Good god. Another lazy, unimaginative deflection.
Ad was great. Who cars what weirdos say on twitter. Just ignore these people....strange opinions get amplified on twitter. Really strange ones that represent tiny slices of the population.
I actually really like someone showing just how much technology has been compressed into these tiny devices.
I actually really like someone showing just how much technology has been compressed into these tiny devices.
The things they crushed are not all actually replicated by iPad. That’s part of the problem with the ad. It’s misleading.
All Timmy understands is stock price -- as proven by their latest announcement of $110 Billion in buybacks...
Common misconception. The reality is it's the guy that runs Apple.
The other part of the problem is people that take things literally.
This is true but I think it's more offensive because Eve ate first so this is also very sexist and shows apples true patriarchal colors. After the recall Apple Spaceship Campus should be razed.
Apple is on a roll. Who wants to tell em how creatives feel about AI?
You sure about that, bud? I'm amazed you manage to not break your ankle with how fast you run to the comments of every one of these stories and spend all day claiming how you're totally not bothered or mad at all 🙂
Well, the advertisement makes sense. Apple
Does tend to crush everything these days and take the soul right out of it, especially that of the art world. Strange how Apple would promote being “Artsy” when they are the first to apologize for anything remotely resembling freedom of expression and differing opinions.
Overall, the advertisement isn’t anything to even get in a hissy over, anyways. If people are offended over this, I can’t even imagine if they saw the Nintendo advertisements from the 90s for their game boy. A woman seductively tied to the bed waiting for fun but the guy is just standing there playing the game boy because it’s that much funner. Yes, that’s a Nintendo ad.
But, hey…let’s moan about a hydraulic press 😂
Does tend to crush everything these days and take the soul right out of it, especially that of the art world. Strange how Apple would promote being “Artsy” when they are the first to apologize for anything remotely resembling freedom of expression and differing opinions.
Overall, the advertisement isn’t anything to even get in a hissy over, anyways. If people are offended over this, I can’t even imagine if they saw the Nintendo advertisements from the 90s for their game boy. A woman seductively tied to the bed waiting for fun but the guy is just standing there playing the game boy because it’s that much funner. Yes, that’s a Nintendo ad.
But, hey…let’s moan about a hydraulic press 😂
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It's interesting what you consider what counts as a "non-existent offence." While it might seem to you that the reactions are about trivial issues, for the majority, these are genuine concerns that reflect deeper societal problems.
Probably the best take here. I thought it was a neat ad, but was extremely arrogant of Apple. As in a "our tech is so good, you won't need physical objects anymore" type of way.
If your intent was to prove which side in this debate is running on emotion, congratulations. Good thing your argument is so solid that you didn’t have to resort to personal smears.
I took a college communications class in 2001, and the professor said that in the future, there would be a single device to do all sorts of things that we used to do separately. “The device.”
There’s no reason to apologize for this ad. Computers, tablets, and smartphones today are “the device.” A distillation of everything that used to be separate.
There’s no reason to apologize for this ad. Computers, tablets, and smartphones today are “the device.” A distillation of everything that used to be separate.