Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!rocksolid2!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Larry Wolff Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.ipad Subject: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Date: Thu, 9 May 2024 21:28:30 -0400 Organization: rocksolid2 (novabbs.org) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 01:28:31 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: novabbs.org; logging-data="629462"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@novabbs.org"; posting-account="We4v8KLNpMNkFAjPdBjo15OoXWOMvHEYcV6PIPuJ7Pg"; User-Agent: Xnews/2006.08.24 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Bytes: 2202 Lines: 24 Apple apologizes for its iPad Pro ad https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/09/tech/apple-apologizes-for-ipad-pro-ad/index.html The ad celebrated Apple's destruction of human creativity and art. Apple apologizes for iPad ad https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/09/apple-ipad-ad-apology/ Apple apologized for destroying beloved physical tools used by artists. https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/apple-ipad-pro-ad-criticism-hugh-grant-1235996294/ Apple has been interpreted as a visual depiction of Apple's devastation of cultural industries, where Apple is celebrating the destruction of the human experience. https://adage.com/article/digital-marketing-ad-tech-news/apple-apologizes-ipad-pro-crushed-ad-it-missed-mark/2559321 Because Apple celebrated a grim representation of technology crushing the history of human creativity, the tech giant no longer plans to run the commercial on TV. https://www.techradar.com/tablets/ipad/apple-scraps-ipad-pro-crushed-ad-and-issues-rare-apology-and-it-was-the-right-thing-to-do On Thursday, Apple's VP of Marketing Communications Tor Myhren told Ad Age it would not air the ad on TV (it's still at this writing on YouTube), https://mashable.com/article/crush-ipad-commercial Companies don't have to pretend they respect their customers; they just have to get them to part with their money.