Seems its new ad, showing a pile of musical instruments and other artistic equipment being destroyed and replaced with an Ipad,
has really pissed off many in the creative community.
<https://www.computerworld.com/article/2099740/apples-worst-ad-ever.html>
On Fri, 10 May 2024 18:16:40 +1200, BungleBob wrote:
Because the whiners are brainless idiots, as usual.
If that’s Apple’s attitude to its customers, then I can’t see these new Ipads selling very well.
It isn't "Apple's attitude" ... it's simply a clever advert that a small bunch of brainless idiots with nothing better to do decided they would
whine about to get their 2secs of fame.
On Fri, 10 May 2024 19:30:24 +1200, BungleBob wrote:
It isn't "Apple's attitude" ... it's simply a clever advert that a small
bunch of brainless idiots with nothing better to do decided they would
whine about to get their 2secs of fame.
Ah, I see. Apple is the proverbial “misunderstood genius”, eh? It’s the customers’ fault the company’s marketing approach is failing to resonate this time!
Maybe they need to get better customers ...
Because the whiners are brainless idiots, as usual.
Count the number of whiners and compare it to the number of happy
customers ... the whiners are a tiny microscopic minority.
On Fri, 10 May 2024 20:05:36 +1200, BungleBob wrote:
Count the number of whiners and compare it to the number of happy
customers ... the whiners are a tiny microscopic minority.
Of course they are. That’s why Apple didn’t need to apologize and withdraw
the ad, isn’t it?
Unfortunately in these days of Political Correctness idiocy, it's always
"the needs of the few loudmouthed whining idiots outweigh the needs of
the many" (to mis-paraphrase Star Trek's Spock). :-\
Seems its new ad, showing a pile of musical instruments and other artistic equipment being destroyed and replaced with an Ipad, has really pissed off many in the creative community.
<https://www.computerworld.com/article/2099740/apples-worst-ad-ever.html>
On Sat, 11 May 2024 10:17:53 +1200, BungleBob wrote:
Unfortunately in these days of Political Correctness idiocy, it's always
"the needs of the few loudmouthed whining idiots outweigh the needs of
the many" (to mis-paraphrase Star Trek's Spock). :-\
Why do you think Apple felt the need to do it? Was it because it might
hurt its share price? Hurt its sales? No particular reason at all? None of the above?
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In comp.misc Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
Seems its new ad, showing a pile of musical instruments and other artistic >> equipment being destroyed and replaced with an Ipad, has really pissed off >> many in the creative community.
<https://www.computerworld.com/article/2099740/apples-worst-ad-ever.html>
I saw the ad but did not understand it, then I heard how
people hated it but not why. I did think it was real dumb.
Anyway, thanks for the post, at least I understand what it
was trying to say :) And yes, I can see why many Apple
users were upset. Many like to be thought of as creative
and destroying the tools they would like to use would be
upsetting to them.
On 2024-05-11 00:08:50 +0000, Lawrence D'Oliveiro said:
On Sat, 11 May 2024 10:17:53 +1200, BungleBob wrote:
Unfortunately in these days of Political Correctness idiocy, it's
always "the needs of the few loudmouthed whining idiots outweigh the
needs of the many" (to mis-paraphrase Star Trek's Spock). :-\
Why do you think Apple felt the need to do it? Was it because it might
hurt its share price? Hurt its sales? No particular reason at all? None
of the above?
As above, to appease the Politically Correct whiners.
On Sat, 11 May 2024 14:00:54 +1200, BungleBob wrote:
On 2024-05-11 00:08:50 +0000, Lawrence D'Oliveiro said:
On Sat, 11 May 2024 10:17:53 +1200, BungleBob wrote:
Unfortunately in these days of Political Correctness idiocy, it's
always "the needs of the few loudmouthed whining idiots outweigh the
needs of the many" (to mis-paraphrase Star Trek's Spock). :-\
Why do you think Apple felt the need to do it? Was it because it might
hurt its share price? Hurt its sales? No particular reason at all? None
of the above?
As above, to appease the Politically Correct whiners.
You think that Apple’s market is dominated by “Politically Correct whiners?
On 2024-05-11 01:56:43 +0000, John McCue said:
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In comp.misc Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
Seems its new ad, showing a pile of musical instruments and other artistic >>> equipment being destroyed and replaced with an Ipad, has really pissed off >>> many in the creative community.I saw the ad but did not understand it, then I heard how
<https://www.computerworld.com/article/2099740/apples-worst-ad-ever.html> >>
people hated it but not why. I did think it was real dumb.
Anyway, thanks for the post, at least I understand what it
was trying to say :) And yes, I can see why many Apple
users were upset. Many like to be thought of as creative
and destroying the tools they would like to use would be
upsetting to them.
The copncept of the advert is basically that the iPad can (if you want
it to) replace any/all of those other objects - you can use the iPad to
make music, paint images, do animations, etc.
The whiners are simply a bunch of brainless morons with nothing better
to do trying to get their 2secs of fame
In comp.misc BungleBob <bunglebob@thejungle.com> wrote:
On 2024-05-11 01:56:43 +0000, John McCue said:
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In comp.misc Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
Seems its new ad, showing a pile of musical instruments and otherI saw the ad but did not understand it, then I heard how
artistic equipment being destroyed and replaced with an Ipad, has
really pissed off many in the creative community.
<https://www.computerworld.com/article/2099740/apples-worst-ad-ever.html> >>>
people hated it but not why. I did think it was real dumb.
Anyway, thanks for the post, at least I understand what it
was trying to say :) And yes, I can see why many Apple
users were upset. Many like to be thought of as creative
and destroying the tools they would like to use would be
upsetting to them.
The copncept of the advert is basically that the iPad can (if you want
it to) replace any/all of those other objects - you can use the iPad to
make music, paint images, do animations, etc.
I did not see the ad itself until after reading the complaint reports. Hunting down a playable video and watching it, knowing full well the
intended concept, the ad itself fell flat on its face anyway. There
was no connection made by the ad to the actual intended concept. It
was an interesting CGI animation of crushing a lot of things, and then
an ipad appeared. So even without the whiners the ad agency really
missed the mark on conveying their intended meaning.
The whiners are simply a bunch of brainless morons with nothing better
to do trying to get their 2secs of fame
From the very long HN comments thread on the ad, it appears that a significant number of the whining creatives actually thought the ad was showing a real physical press crushing actual physical objects. There
were numerous comments from folks complaining about how it was such a
waste to crush "so and so favorite item" instead of donating it to an underprivlidged school or "low on the econimic totem pole foreign
country". Other comments were of the form of "so sad to crush an X of
such good condition when few X's of that 'nick are left in the world".
This one was often in relation to the video game in the middle that was "crushed" early on in the ad. These folks thought they were seeing
actual physical objects being destroyed before there eyes, and could
not separate fantasy from reality sufficient to recognize that the
entire ad was well done CGI. I suspect a lot of the whiners are also
in the same group that thought they were watching real physical objects
being crushed to nothing.
On 2024-05-11 15:05:19 +0000, Rich said:
In comp.misc BungleBob <bunglebob@thejungle.com> wrote:
On 2024-05-11 01:56:43 +0000, John McCue said:
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In comp.misc Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
Seems its new ad, showing a pile of musical instruments and otherI saw the ad but did not understand it, then I heard how
artistic equipment being destroyed and replaced with an Ipad, has
really pissed off many in the creative community.
<https://www.computerworld.com/article/2099740/apples-worst-ad-ever.html> >>>>
people hated it but not why. I did think it was real dumb.
Anyway, thanks for the post, at least I understand what it
was trying to say :) And yes, I can see why many Apple
users were upset. Many like to be thought of as creative
and destroying the tools they would like to use would be
upsetting to them.
The copncept of the advert is basically that the iPad can (if you want
it to) replace any/all of those other objects - you can use the iPad to
make music, paint images, do animations, etc.
I did not see the ad itself until after reading the complaint reports.
Hunting down a playable video and watching it, knowing full well the
intended concept, the ad itself fell flat on its face anyway. There
was no connection made by the ad to the actual intended concept. It
was an interesting CGI animation of crushing a lot of things, and then
an ipad appeared. So even without the whiners the ad agency really
missed the mark on conveying their intended meaning.
Literally, all those objects are compressed down into one iPad ...
hence the meaning: one iPad can do what all those seperate things can
do (if you want to of course).
There's even a second unintended meaning which should appease the eco-greenies.
On 2024-05-11 05:38:37 +0000, Lawrence D'Oliveiro said:
You think that Apple’s market is dominated by “Politically Correct
whiners?
[Yes]
On 5/11/24 4:14 PM, BungleBob wrote:
On 2024-05-11 22:45:39 +0000, BungleBob said:
Literally, all those objects are compressed down into one iPad ...
hence the meaning: one iPad can do what all those seperate things can
do (if you want to of course).
There's even a second unintended meaning which should appease the
eco-greenies. Instead of all those things going into landfill garbage
dumps, they've been recycled to make an iPad ... although isn't
probably true that *all* those things actually go into making an iPad.
Pollyanna strikes again!
I don't think there's much wood in an iPad.
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