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Apple fired the father of the viral YouTuber
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That’s too bad but her dad should have been more aware.
She should have sat on the vid another week and been one of the first to have a real iPhone X vid up.
She should have sat on the vid another week and been one of the first to have a real iPhone X vid up.
He was fired because he had google maps on the home screen of the device.
Exactly! I'm a little baffled that her dad didn't bring that up with her. Let her know it would only be cool after the pre-order dust had settled.
Every single video ever take on a big ol’ DSLR gets automatically posted to YouTube? Poor guy probably thought it was just for a home video. She’s probably always filming.
I understand rules are rules but this phone was no secret and many were photographed and videoed out in the wild already... I think Apple could have showed some leniency here. It’s not like anything they release is a secret any more, so they’re doing a crappy job of being a super secretive company as it is. Don’t try to come off as a super secretive company when any schmuck with access to the Internet knows exactly what you’re releasing months before jacka$$es
I was, like, watching this video? And, you know, it was, like, Ohmygod, so annoying? It was, like, all the bad caricatures of west coast American millennials, were, like, totally true? It was, like, these people have no idea about how self absorbed and non self-aware they, like, are? Thank yeeeou.
"my advice to the people watching this is, don't overlook the rules in the workplace, at school, or at home" bahaha typical bimbo.
It doesn't matter if the father assures her (most fathers do that). Her justification was lame. "Other youtubers did it, but when I did it, I didn't know it would blow up and my dad would get fired. But he takes full responsibility."
The father was the primary person to have taken responsibility, but she should have taken some responsibility for her actions nonetheless.
The daughter stated she didn't care whether her YouTube channel got views, and her posting the video wasn't about views. As soon as she said that, I could see that she was laying the groundwork for 'its not really my fault' scenario.
Both parties are to blame and dad has to pay the real price by losing his job. In my opinion, dad should be ashamed of the video posted for the thread. His daughter doesn't seem to have any backbone.
Both parties are to blame and dad has to pay the real price by losing his job. In my opinion, dad should be ashamed of the video posted for the thread. His daughter doesn't seem to have any backbone.
All he had to do was say “put the damn phone down!”
I’m sure he will land of his feet with google or something
I honestly thought she was a teenager in that original video. It's amazing she's in her mid 20's. And judging by this new video both very narcissistic and immature.
I honestly don't feel bad for her or the father. Just wildly reckless behavior by both parties who absolutely should have known better.
I honestly don't feel bad for her or the father. Just wildly reckless behavior by both parties who absolutely should have known better.
I heard "he takes full responsibility" twice and "he apologizes for the one rule he broke".
I have two kids. I get the fact that I take a bullet for my kids, not the other way around. However I would hope most would feel a little more contrition for publicly posting the video that cost someone their job (clearly not all).
hmmm
pretty sure she's remorseful of the situation.. to me, that's pretty obvious just by watching this video.
Damn shame someone had to lose their job over this, but you’d have to lack any kind of common sense to let someone totally unauthorised video Apple’s most important product in a decade and then upload it before even the authorised press are able to.
I’d wager he assumed she wouldn’t upload the vid, and she’s too immature to know any better unless explicitly told, and hey presto, video on youtubo.
I’d wager he assumed she wouldn’t upload the vid, and she’s too immature to know any better unless explicitly told, and hey presto, video on youtubo.