CLS9
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In a few years, those things will be worth a small fortune!š
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Apple Celebrates 50th Anniversary With Employee Gifts, Plans Finale Concert at Apple Park
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kagharaht
macrumors 68020
"Each employee gets a 50th T-shirt, limited edition poster and enamel pin!" š
bLackjackj
macrumors 65816
More waste. Iām just glad that Apple never looks back and is only a forward thinking company. šš¤¦āāļø
Beats the hell out of a cash bonus and MacBook Neo, but moneyās tight these days at Apple I suppose.
Timpetus
macrumors 6502a
Would be nice if there is a livestream of the event. Anyway I plan to visit the nearest Apple store on the 1st to see whether there is something special in store.
Veinticinco
macrumors 68020
There's no need for that, as it's mostly MR forum members who are perpetually unhappy with Apple and Cook, going back many years. That's a very tiny number compared to the 1+ Billion happy/repeat Apple customers who love to purchase Apple products year after year after year.
Our company gave every employee a Sonos speaker for a similar milestone.
gothicgeek
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They seem to not be afraid to us it and have used the colors for inspiration for the iMac, I would love to see the rainbow logo make a full time comeback.
Sadly I don't think we will see any special consumer products, I would settle for some 50th anniversary rainbow Apple stickers. They could just have them available upon request at the Apple Store with a new device purchase.
Most of us who have worked for a large corporation know these "employee gifts" that are actually more marketing than anything else.
Pretty cheap.
Apple is providing employees with a special gift in honor of its 50th anniversary, which takes place on Wednesday, April 1. Employees will receive a commemorative t-shirt, enamel pin, and limited-edition poster, all of which have the scribble-style rainbow Apple logo that Apple has been using for its 50th anniversary artwork.
An Apple Park sign says that products are "crafted by hand" and are available for employees to pick up until April 30.
Apple kicked off its 50th anniversary celebrations in March, and has been hosting concerts and Today at Apple events around the world. There was an Alicia Keys concert in New York, a Li Yuchun performance in Chengdu, a Mumford & Sons concert in London, a meetup with professional figure skater Elladj BaldƩ in Vancouver, a light show with music composed by Bailey Pickles in Sydney, and more.
Apple plans to wrap up its 50th anniversary party with a special finale performance at its Apple Park campus for employees. The musical guest hasn't yet been announced, but rumors suggest that it will be Paul McCartney.
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ThomasJL
macrumors 68020
So Tim Cook thinks itās OK for Apple to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Appleās founding by spending many millions of dollars throwing concerts around the world with big-name celebrity musicians, but probably wonāt be paying, and probably not even inviting, one of its only three founders, Ronald Wayne, who is reported to be poor.
The 50th anniversary celebration is the celebration of the day Apple was founded. Apple was founded by its three founders, not by celebrity musicians. Why is that so hard for Cook to understand? The three foundersāSteve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayneāshould be the focus of the celebration. And since Wozniak and Wayne are the only two living founders, they should each be getting paid far more than any celebrity to appear at the 50th anniversary celebration. Since Wayne is reported to be poor, itās especially important that he be getting paid much more than any celebrity and anyone else to appear at the celebration.
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You should speak with people in the real world more. I think you would be surprised how many people feel trapped and used by Apple. These are non-IT types who chose the iPhone on the basis of their happiness with their iPods, but now they feel like Apple is squeezing them. Heck, I feel like Apple is squeezing me, and I've used their stuff since 1983.
So, no, I don't think there are 1+ billion happy/repeat Apple customers. I think there are hundreds of millions of complacent Apple customers who think it would be too much work to change platforms (it's the same reason Windows has been entrenched all this time and why Google pushes their education solution the way they do) and a few hundred million who are happy.
The iPhone solved a problem in 2007. I'd argue it's now (along with Android) part of the problem, and people aren't happy.
As for something fun for the 50th anniversary, let's be honest: a platinum colorway for the Mac mini with the six-color logo would have been dead simple to set up as a limited edition 50th anniversary Mac. It would have fed into the retro computing craze going on now; the accessory makers could have made retro-styled platinum accessories. That would have been fun.
But, you know, if all you see is that supposed 1+ billion happy consumersā¦ well, be a happy consumer, I guess.
Black Belt
macrumors 65816
Though you may not, I'll trust the 1+ Billion active and repeat customers who have agency over their lives and thus continue to purchase Apple products.
If you're unhappy with Apple/Cook, simply exercise your agency and purchase computer products you believe are superior to Apple's. Easy.
This t-shirt, pin, and poster will help supplement my part-time pay as a retail worker š
Indeed I can exercise that, and I have. It will take a while for me to disentangle myself from an ecosystem I've been in for over 40 years, but I am actively working on moving away to better solutions.
So, if those 1+ billion are happy, I assume you're going to say that the active 1.4 billion Windows users are happy, too, huh?
You know, I have a bridge in Brooklyn you might be interested inā¦
Again... everyone has agency in their lives. If you're not happy with your particular computer platform, just switch and move on. Seems *some people* find it easier to moan and do nothing.
It's hilarious about the people who like to complain about such gifts not being sufficient as if being a profitable company means they need to give you more gifts. Perhaps people should look at salaries especially in technical fields at Apple.
For the person asking $50k in gifts, I wouldn't be surprised if a random Apple SWE has an income differential greater than $50k compared to you. Is that not enough? And to be clear there are companies that pay better than Apple, but to say Apple is frugal with its employees is laughable. Most of you would gladly take an ICT4 level pay any day.
For the person asking $50k in gifts, I wouldn't be surprised if a random Apple SWE has an income differential greater than $50k compared to you. Is that not enough? And to be clear there are companies that pay better than Apple, but to say Apple is frugal with its employees is laughable. Most of you would gladly take an ICT4 level pay any day.
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