tech Apple releases tone deaf capitalist ad for new iPad, gets huge backlash, apologizes

[Windy Day]

8 minutes ago, Dialamba said:

Is Apple a pop girl now  Who cares 

okay?

[Galah]

Feels weird to be very pro-tech but also pro-preservation. That poor piano, destroyed and for what? They could have donated all of this stuff to people instead. Not a fan, but I wouldn't have been buying anyway so it's whatever.

[Arthoe]

The biggest outcry I think was from the musician community that lamented how apple can just destroy musical instruments worth multiple million dollars for FUN while music conservatories are so underfunded, they can barely get their hands on guitar strings cuz there's no money to spend.

[Mephisto]

1 hour ago, Arrows said:

Today I learned Apple has stans Weird responses in this thread

I'm surprised you haven't seen them before, the Apple vs Android is one of the biggest stan wars on atrl, second only to the bidet vs toilet paper stan war

[Illuminati]

3 minutes ago, Arthoe said:

The biggest outcry I think was from the musician community that lamented how apple can just destroy musical instruments worth multiple million dollars for FUN while music conservatories are so underfunded, they can barely get their hands on guitar strings cuz there's no money to spend.

There's probably someone on stage smashing a guitar somewhere every day.

 

I think it's more of an optics issue, seeing Apple's corporate boot literally crush the art community as if they weren't struggling enough from the rise of AI Sure iPad is a powerful tool for art but it's not gonna replace the experience of hearing a live performance for example.

 

I guess a good comparison would be if the ad crushed Apple's own products to show that an iPhone can be a computer, a phone, an ipod, a small iPad etc. But they wouldn't want to send the message that everything else in their lineup is obsolete.

[Kayseri Mantisi]

23 minutes ago, Mephisto said:

I'm surprised you haven't seen them before, the Apple vs Android is one of the biggest stan wars on atrl, second only to the bidet vs toilet paper stan war

you forgot cut vs uncut

[Comedor]

They are basically compressing all those creative tools into a tablet. That's what I got from the ad. Touch grass. 

[Asscatchem]

the controversy was obviously intentional. the fact that it's still live on tim cook's twitter and apple's youtube even after the "apology" and announcement to pull the ad, only for it to garner more attention than ever.

 

the skinniest apple product ever won.  androids stay fat, slow and date-deterring

[Aaron]

So weird that some people in here think not being offended by this = "capitalist Apple stan!!1"  Just no critical thinking whatsoever

[americanshameless]

2 hours ago, Arrows said:

Today I learned Apple has stans Weird responses in this thread

I think if Taylor Swift can have stans, anything can

[duybeeGAshantiGA]

2 hours ago, Kayseri Mantisi said:

 

 

 

 

 

The capitalist ad you all "loved" was not just problematic but it was directly stolen & copy pasted from an LG ad too, which also made the headlines. just so you know.  

 

fraudulent and copied, like anything Apple does.

 

https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/09/controversial-ipad-pro-crush-ad-lg/

 

https://boingboing.net/2024/05/09/apple-blatantly-rips-off-2008-lg-phone-ad-in-latest-ipad-commercial.html

 

https://9to5google.com/2024/05/09/apple-ipad-pro-ad-lg-video/

OMG the blatant rip off

[Redstreak]

It really feels like society dropped a couple collective grade levels after the pandemic

[EndofASadMovie]

It looks like a normal ad, straight to the point. But it's the era of thinkpieces so everything is problematic. 

[stoopidjenna]

Condemning technology by tweeting from their phones... Do writers wish we were still using typewriters and quills?

[frankvert]

More faux outrage from soft, over sensitive keyboard warriors 

 

[DemDam92]

lmao crying over an ad that destroys some instruments while eating at McDonald's and buying clothes for 3 $ made in Bangladesh. 
Twitter giving hypocrisy again

[Revolution]

Steve Jobs would never

 

[Bloo]

The ad is fine. The “outrage” is so over the top. 

[liquiddiamonds]

3 hours ago, Kayseri Mantisi said:

 

 

 

 

 

The capitalist ad you all "loved" was not just problematic but it was directly stolen & copy pasted from an LG ad too, which also made the headlines. just so you know.  

 

fraudulent and copied, like anything Apple does.

 

https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/09/controversial-ipad-pro-crush-ad-lg/

 

https://boingboing.net/2024/05/09/apple-blatantly-rips-off-2008-lg-phone-ad-in-latest-ipad-commercial.html

 

https://9to5google.com/2024/05/09/apple-ipad-pro-ad-lg-video/

the fact that LG phone didn't replace **** is a cackle lol

[Doogle]

I feel like people are valid if they hate the ad for having a bad message. It's just not effective what they're trying to convey because it feels soulless and actually kinda sad lmao. I don't think people need to "touch grass" over this because it's not offensive it's just a bit cold and boring. People think any backlash now means it's some offended SJW when I think people just think the advert sucks.  idk maybe some people took it too far, I left Twitter years ago 

[St. Charles]

I think it's fair to say the ad could be a bit tone deaf… but of course Twitter gets ramped up over very little. Find something better to do.

[aesthetic bih]

I hate ads where it involves wasting food or destroying perfectly functioning stuff, so the lashing are warranted I fear!

[gatito]

i thought it was lame when i first saw the presentation but never in a million years expected this kind of backlash over it  

[Into The Void]

I didn't find it offensive lol

[family.guy123]

the anti-Apple bootlickers in here