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

[harwee]

Final Destination did it first

 

[mercurialworld]

Oh you ended those frauds bestie

[EarthJang]

I see nothing wrong with the ad 

 

[Mtjjproducer]

This is so stupid. As a musician NOBODY uses a damn iPad to make music. You need a Mac to run a music daw software. You can do like slight demos or control the computer on  an iPad but it has to be transferred to a Mac. 

[ariesgroove]

this just looks like those videos on social media that go viral with an ipad promo tied into it what is the hullabaloo for 

[Phaunzie]

8 hours ago, Kayseri Mantisi said:

The tanked trash outdated company for technologically ignorant people

Oohhhhh

 

 

Spill sis

 

[Archetype]

9 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/

Some of us can, if we ignore the brand this is from, take a step back and understand the concept for the video and why it works, and therefore appreciate it.  A hydraulic press smushing instruments and creative tools into an extremely thin and light device, like there is nothing inherently wrong with that.  I think it's the way they show the instruments being crushed/exploding outwards that is throwing people off... if the instruments were instead absorbed or something into the iPad, no one would care.  It's just an iPad ad, it's not that serious.  

[hawx23]

22 minutes ago, Archetype said:

Some of us can, if we ignore the brand this is from, take a step back and understand the concept for the video and why it works, and therefore appreciate it.  A hydraulic press smushing instruments and creative tools into an extremely thin and light device, like there is nothing inherently wrong with that.  I think it's the way they show the instruments being crushed/exploding outwards that is throwing people off... if the instruments were instead absorbed or something into the iPad, no one would care.  It's just an iPad ad, it's not that serious.  

This is a good point. The ominous/dark/sinister coloring and vibes also doesn't help lol. 

[hawx23]

2 hours ago, Mtjjproducer said:

This is so stupid. As a musician NOBODY uses a damn iPad to make music. You need a Mac to run a music daw software. You can do like slight demos or control the computer on  an iPad but it has to be transferred to a Mac. 

This is what's annoying. Apple keeps trying to convince people to think iPads can do all these things but if so then also just open up iPadOS to actual pro apps.
 

Or ffs at the minimum — give us a real browser. A $150 Chromebook can often be more useful since I can actually open any website that doesn't force me to use a gimped app version of a site (like Office or whatever). 

Edited May 10 by hawx23