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In reply to the discussion: Apple is getting slammed, & rightfully so, for their stupid & insensitive ad for the new iPad Pro - UPDATE w/articles [View all]Rob H.
(5,394 posts)66. Because if there's one thing people should take seriously
it's the opinions of reactionary dipshits from the cesspool that is Twitter.
The ad's making the point that all of those things--art, music, books, photography, film, games, movies, etc.--can be compressed into a device that weighs less than one and one-third pounds. This is one of the biggest nontroversies I've ever seen.
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Apple is getting slammed, & rightfully so, for their stupid & insensitive ad for the new iPad Pro - UPDATE w/articles [View all]
highplainsdem
May 8
OP
Damn. So much for sustainability, social justice, and everything Apple supposedly (yeah, I know) was
hlthe2b
May 8
#1
Oh please. It's just light hearted ad. "An iPad Pro is like having all these creative tools in a slim tablet."
emulatorloo
May 8
#71
Oh please. No need for this. I respect your opinion and you can (at a minimum) not attack me for mine.
hlthe2b
May 8
#72
I am a big supporter of you and your posts. Not attacking you or making any assumptions.
emulatorloo
May 8
#76
Back at you, emulatorloo. I added some to my previous post that might make more sense--at least
hlthe2b
May 8
#81
Having just replaced a 2013 Mac w a 2023 Mac I tend to avoid the replace, upgrade, waste cycle.
emulatorloo
May 8
#85
Yeah. I do that with cars. Knock on wood for the continued life of my 2007 Prius hybrid....
hlthe2b
May 8
#94
The anger is coming from a lot of professional artists and advocates for real art. Names I recognize after
highplainsdem
May 8
#106
Semi pro singer and wannabe songwriter here. Retired graphic artist/video maker. Opposed to AI but thankful
emulatorloo
May 8
#113
I always thought platform wars were dumb. Use what you want and let others use what they want!
emulatorloo
May 8
#127
I have seen people (almost always guys) get extremely heated at each other about all sorts of issues on the internet
Emrys
May 8
#133
I dunno. I'm a retired art director who now paints. IMO it's an ad with a comical twist on things created then...
brush
May 9
#157
I don't know, I'm not in marketing nor am I in a rush to get my hackles up over a TV ad.
BannonsLiver
May 8
#18
It has always been offensive. I love The Who's music, but despise instrument destruction. . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
May 9
#159
I've been an Apple user since the first "pizza box" was put in my desk, & am now retired to an iPad
Hekate
May 8
#5
As I watched it for my first and only time, I wondered, too, about the percentage of CGI content.
John1956PA
May 8
#17
Maybe they are suggesting that they compress all of these great things into a tiny package.
Bristlecone
May 8
#13
They have entirely too many customers using their GenAI who are not only imagining that using it somehow
highplainsdem
May 8
#31
As far as I am aware, Apple doesn't have a generative AI app. Are you thinking of Adobe?
emulatorloo
May 8
#82
I was talking, as EarlG was, about AI companies in general. But if you google
highplainsdem
May 8
#93
I don't see this ad as promoting AI at all. More like you can have a creative studio to make art
emulatorloo
May 8
#91
Internet comments sections are almost always full of hyperbolic nonsense and hysteria.
emulatorloo
May 8
#56
I think this gets to the crux of the cloth-headedness of the ad and one reason why it's stirring antagonism
Emrys
May 8
#123
They unintentionally made the point that their digital product will replace all the real physical objects
TheRickles
May 8
#59
Of course the person who pulls out a real guitar at a party is already likely being booed, if silently.
Bongo Prophet
May 9
#161
This is just silly internet "comment section" fake Twitter 'outrage' and hyperbolic nonsense.
emulatorloo
May 8
#60
I've edited the OP to add a list of articles about how disastrous and tone-deaf the ad was.
highplainsdem
May 8
#134
The reverse videos are corrections of the ad. They are not complimenting Apple. They're repudiating the company.
highplainsdem
May 8
#102
I'm an amateur artist. I don't think it is about AI at all, the iPad isn't shown 'generating' art.
emulatorloo
May 8
#97
Everyone is an art critic. Lighten up, there are issues that are way bigger than this.
W T F
May 8
#98
yeah but does it have a universal jack for mic/headphones/line in? Great ad btw because
msongs
May 8
#120
I saw this in the product launch and people seem to completely misunderstand it
brooklynite
May 8
#128
Agreed. If only some of those outraged commentators showed equal outtage toward Trump who wants to actually destroy
Doodley
May 9
#156
Obviously iPad Pro is marketed towards professionals and content creators. Regular iPad is $349 and marketed
emulatorloo
May 8
#137
Thinness is greatly overrated. Who really needs anorexic iPads? . . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
May 9
#158
I can see a segment of the population wanting to appear thin even in the graveyard, so kudos.
Xavier Breath
May 11
#170