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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]Emrys
(7,724 posts)125. Not without scars
The Mac vs PC wars were long and bloody. They're probably still going on somewhere on the intertubes.
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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 2024
OP
Damn. So much for sustainability, social justice, and everything Apple supposedly (yeah, I know) was
hlthe2b
May 2024
#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 2024
#71
Oh please. No need for this. I respect your opinion and you can (at a minimum) not attack me for mine.
hlthe2b
May 2024
#72
I am a big supporter of you and your posts. Not attacking you or making any assumptions.
emulatorloo
May 2024
#76
Back at you, emulatorloo. I added some to my previous post that might make more sense--at least
hlthe2b
May 2024
#81
Having just replaced a 2013 Mac w a 2023 Mac I tend to avoid the replace, upgrade, waste cycle.
emulatorloo
May 2024
#85
Yeah. I do that with cars. Knock on wood for the continued life of my 2007 Prius hybrid....
hlthe2b
May 2024
#94
The anger is coming from a lot of professional artists and advocates for real art. Names I recognize after
highplainsdem
May 2024
#106
Semi pro singer and wannabe songwriter here. Retired graphic artist/video maker. Opposed to AI but thankful
emulatorloo
May 2024
#113
Having been heavily involved in making music involving computers in that period,
Emrys
May 2024
#116
I always thought platform wars were dumb. Use what you want and let others use what they want!
emulatorloo
May 2024
#127
I have seen people (almost always guys) get extremely heated at each other about all sorts of issues on the internet
Emrys
May 2024
#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 2024
#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 2024
#18
It has always been offensive. I love The Who's music, but despise instrument destruction. . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2024
#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 2024
#5
As I watched it for my first and only time, I wondered, too, about the percentage of CGI content.
John1956PA
May 2024
#17
Maybe they are suggesting that they compress all of these great things into a tiny package.
Bristlecone
May 2024
#13
They have entirely too many customers using their GenAI who are not only imagining that using it somehow
highplainsdem
May 2024
#31
As far as I am aware, Apple doesn't have a generative AI app. Are you thinking of Adobe?
emulatorloo
May 2024
#82
I was talking, as EarlG was, about AI companies in general. But if you google
highplainsdem
May 2024
#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 2024
#91
Internet comments sections are almost always full of hyperbolic nonsense and hysteria.
emulatorloo
May 2024
#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 2024
#123
They unintentionally made the point that their digital product will replace all the real physical objects
TheRickles
May 2024
#59
Of course the person who pulls out a real guitar at a party is already likely being booed, if silently.
Bongo Prophet
May 2024
#161
This is just silly internet "comment section" fake Twitter 'outrage' and hyperbolic nonsense.
emulatorloo
May 2024
#60
I've edited the OP to add a list of articles about how disastrous and tone-deaf the ad was.
highplainsdem
May 2024
#134
The reverse videos are corrections of the ad. They are not complimenting Apple. They're repudiating the company.
highplainsdem
May 2024
#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 2024
#97
Everyone is an art critic. Lighten up, there are issues that are way bigger than this.
W T F
May 2024
#98
yeah but does it have a universal jack for mic/headphones/line in? Great ad btw because
msongs
May 2024
#120
I saw this in the product launch and people seem to completely misunderstand it
brooklynite
May 2024
#128
Agreed. If only some of those outraged commentators showed equal outtage toward Trump who wants to actually destroy
Doodley
May 2024
#156
I'm not in the apple ecosphere and don't plan to be, but my impression is that
ecstatic
May 2024
#129
Obviously iPad Pro is marketed towards professionals and content creators. Regular iPad is $349 and marketed
emulatorloo
May 2024
#137
I'm outraged at the outrage, and comparing this to Nazi Germany is disgusting.
Doodley
May 2024
#153
Thinness is greatly overrated. Who really needs anorexic iPads? . . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2024
#158
I can see a segment of the population wanting to appear thin even in the graveyard, so kudos.
Xavier Breath
May 2024
#170