Apple Sends Out Gift Boxes With AirPods Max and 'Sweet and Spooky' Snacks to Promote Mac Event

[Zest28]

I do love this form of a bribery/sweetener. Perhaps our politicians can use this method of gifting desirable hardware to get the tune they want out of a person instead of trading brown envelopes stuffed with cash?

Pelosi has $350 million, so the amount of briberies is insane (on top her insider trading activities). Most politicians are rich as hell on a lousy government salary.

Politicians would go back to sleep if they receive this type of bribery from Apple.

 

[Gloor]

And it comes with condensation feature, lovely

Desperately need an update? May I ask why?

To my ear, best in class sound quality, equal in class noise cancelling, and way out in front transparency, best build quality. I recently bought Sony WH 1000 XM5 for traveling, and to my ear, the AirPods are better for everything other than maybe noise canceling but it’s almost impossible to pick one that’s better.

Edit: I will say desperately in need of being shipped with a usable case. I don’t use mine outside of the house because of that terrible case.

 

[Tripps9000]

Hey Tim where is my package 🤨

 

[darngooddesign]

c") I wanna be an influencer

Anyone can be an influencer, you just have to put in the hours.

 

[goonie4life9]

I actually agree with this. I watch Zollotech because he is very detailed in his reviews, but how does he have all that money to buy every single apple product. What is his source of income? Is it Youtube subscriptions (And people donating to him) or something else. It seems to me like what Apple is doing is bribing these creators for good reviews, and we already saw Brownlee get mentioned in a previous event. I think they need to disclose how they got these products and if they were gifted anything by Apple to make good reviews. I would appreciate the authenticity and transparancy.

Yes, I do have a little issue with Apple gifting products to "influencers" for good reviews. That makes trusting those reviews seem a little more difficult.

Apple is well known to blacklist people who don’t give them favorable press.

 

[testcard]

Apple is well known to blacklist people who don’t give them favorable press.

Exactly. And few “influencers” will be willing to bite the hand that feeds them.

 

[IIGS User]

Not influenced.....

 

[ProfessionalFan]

Apple is well known to blacklist people who don’t give them favorable press.

Source? Examples?

 

[Unity451]

Apple sends out gift boxes to people who can afford to get the products in the gift boxes so they continue to tell everyone on YouTube what they want people to hear. Fixed it for you.

I do wonder if those AirPods Max have usb c?

Yup. I came here to make this comment.

For Halloween we were also gifted lots of scary bugs in Sonoma 14.1.

Now THAT's funny!

 

[rhemy123]

That's a bizarre gift box. Giving out a pair of 3 year old headphones that desperately need an update is a weird gift unless like someone said above they are just trying to get rid of some stock.

That’s the scary part.

 

[ProfessionalFan]

That’s the scary part.

What exactly is scary about it?

 

[farmboy]

Anyone who thinks they aren't influenced by the media they consume is kidding themselves.

We're influenced by everything from the moment we're born. It's called life. But it doesn't mean we act or think on everything we're exposed to.

 

[picpicmac]

Yet it makes up 40% of keynote viewing audience. So it’s a bad move on Apple’s part here.

If what you wrote is indeed fact, then that is what Apple must strive to change.

A time change is just the beginning.

Next step is to use languages other than English.

 

[MacTiki]

In the old days we called these things bribes.

Don't know what the kids call it these days... content for the Content Creators??

Correction "Spiffs" for hocking Apple products and not to be confused with Swag.

 

[Rogue AI]

Ah, rich people getting a $450 headphones + gifts for free while the rest of us have to pay for it. Nothing more worthless than the job title of “influencer”.

 

[emulator]

I hate the word influencer. What exactly is Lamarr Wilson influencing?

They influence your kids not to be garbage like them.

 

[SamRyouji]

Meh. I only got Under The Influence by Eminem.
/s

 

[goonie4life9]

Here are examples, although I suspect something else is going on with your reply....

Apple blacklists tech journo following explicit BENDY iPhone vid

Floppy phone gets well and truly buckled by teutonic techie

www.theregister.com

How Apple's 'Blacklist' Manipulates the Press

Yes, Apple maintains a press "blacklist," a list of people in the media who are shunned and ignored -- "punished," as it were, for "disloyalty."

www.cultofmac.com

Apple PR's dirty little secret

Apple PR maintains a blacklist of journalists that it refuses to talk to. This includes any media outlet that posts anything even remotely negative or heaven help you, a rumor.

www.zdnet.com

Source? Examples?

 

[ProfessionalFan]

Here are examples, although I suspect something else is going on with your reply....

I was just asking because I was curious, what do you suspect?

Don't be vague and mysterious, if you have an accusation go ahead and say it............

 

[Htsi]

I would like them to provide the owners with a replacement headband to purchase instead of doling out freebies.

 

[ProfessionalFan]

I would like them to provide the owners with a replacement headband to purchase instead of doling out freebies.

One thing has nothing to do with the other.

 

[Mrkevinfinnerty]

Source? Examples?

Some good examples in this piece.

Notable one being Apple favoriting the Wall Street Journal and the NYT gave them some bad press.

How Apple's 'Blacklist' Manipulates the Press

Yes, Apple maintains a press "blacklist," a list of people in the media who are shunned and ignored -- "punished," as it were, for "disloyalty."

www.cultofmac.com

 

[bgillander]

Here are examples, although I suspect something else is going on with your reply....

Apple blacklists tech journo following explicit BENDY iPhone vid

Floppy phone gets well and truly buckled by teutonic techie

www.theregister.com

How Apple's 'Blacklist' Manipulates the Press

Yes, Apple maintains a press "blacklist," a list of people in the media who are shunned and ignored -- "punished," as it were, for "disloyalty."

www.cultofmac.com

Apple PR's dirty little secret

Apple PR maintains a blacklist of journalists that it refuses to talk to. This includes any media outlet that posts anything even remotely negative or heaven help you, a rumor.

www.zdnet.com

In the first case with Computer Bild testing what it took to bend an iPhone, I can understand why Apple would stop providing test hardware at that point. I assume it was not a loaner iPhone they bent, but I could still see it being an issue to send test hardware to a group when you know one of their tests is to try to break it. It reminds me of the test drive near the beginning of the movie “Used Cars”. 😀

 

[darngooddesign]

In the first case with Computer Bild testing what it took to bend an iPhone, I can understand why Apple would stop providing test hardware at that point. I assume it was not a loaner iPhone they bent, but I could still see it being an issue to send test hardware to a group when you know one of their tests is to try to break it. It reminds me of the test drive near the beginning of the movie “Used Cars”. 😀

Did apple blacklist, stop talking to Computer BILD completely, and not invite them to events, which is the accusation, or did they as you suggested just stop sending them review units to get mangled?

What we do know for sure is publishing an article on an unreleased iPhone that was found in a bar will get you blacklisted.

 

[Eorlas]

Influencers makes me want to do the opposite. They’re worse than humans that sells their body for money and mask it as selling love.

sex workers provide a service that is clearly in demand.

how exactly do you think business transactions work? apple doesn’t give you a hug and a kiss for buying their product, why should a sex worker need to ACTUALLY love you?