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Apple apologizes for iPad 'Crush' ad that 'missed the mark'

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Re: Apple apologizes for iPad 'Crush' ad that 'missed the mark'

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Without Hanna and Lauri, you can't have a good hydraulic press moment. It was obvious from the moment it started that it was CGI, so... no actual destruction occurred. Rewatching it, it seems rather random, like they wanted cinematographic moments, without any actual narrative. It was designed to be forgettable. Not a good use of marketing budget.

It certainly was not obvious to me that it’s CGI, I had to go back and check after reading your comment, and from what I’ve seen online most people think it’s real.

If their intention was to communicate that it’s CGI then that was an abject failure.

Re: Apple apologizes for iPad 'Crush' ad that 'missed the mark'

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Could someone who feels passionately about this help me understand why?

In my eyes the ad was clearly trying to be playful and metaphoric. I feel like people are are taking the ad far too seriously and literally then jumping to the conclusion that it's implying a message that very obviously wasn't intended.

I'm not saying the ad couldn't have been better, but I can't understand the controversy here at all. Yet, I seem to be in a small minority.

Could someone explain specifically what it is that they find upsetting about the ad? And not just "they crushed real objects", but specifically why it is that you find that so troubling, etc? Objects get broken all the time for media for lesser purposes and with much less creativity. Is it the context here that is the problem?

Re: Apple apologizes for iPad 'Crush' ad that 'missed the mark'

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This really shows how much sentiments about technology have changed in the last five or so years. If this ad came out in 2018 it would have been received differently, I think. The buzz has worn off. People don't see doing everything on your device as progress. iPads are no longer novel. Apple has been so used to growing new markets that I don't think they even know how to market when they're on top. All their best ad…

Or maybe we are just tired of the wanton destruction of perfectly good items for the sake of …

a stupid ad.

Re: Apple apologizes for iPad 'Crush' ad that 'missed the mark'

#294

People complain about anything this days... Offtopic about the ipad, Im curious, does you guys use tablets like the ipad in anyway in your dayily lifes? After phones seem to be getting bigger, I see no use for a dedicated device like an Ipad.

I do, I have an Air on my desk on a Logitech keyboard cover, it’s like a mini laptop where I do casual web browsing, access my piCorePlayer web UI to play music from my NAS or use Spotify/Apple Music to play tracks through the piCorePlayer. I also watch YouTube frequently on it.

Re: Apple apologizes for iPad 'Crush' ad that 'missed the mark'

#295

It's a bit insane to me that Apple felt the need to "apologize"... so they made a crappy AD that didn't appeal to some audiences... is this really grounds for retractions/apologies these days?

Is it even a real apology? Apple has joined the ranks of issuing corporate apologies

https://www.fastcompany.com/40574083/facebook-uber-wells-far... (From 2018)

Re: Apple apologizes for iPad 'Crush' ad that 'missed the mark'

#296

I think the part that was really upsetting is they crushed real good objects. After all of that talks about climate friendly. They could have crushed 3D renderings and up the clip with “rendered on iPad. No harm was done on real objects.” And that would have been a good ad.

>"And that would have been a good ad."

No it would not. It would still be as disgusting as it is now.

Re: Apple apologizes for iPad 'Crush' ad that 'missed the mark'

#297

Missing from this extremely short and underreported article is how badly this played out in Japanese market. The culture they have states that musical instruments, creative tools have some energy and imbued sense of spirit to them. So destroying these elements of culture is really really blunt and gauche to them. The majority of the push back came from Japanese people, and then artists empathizing with their sentimen…

I'm not Japanese and it was upsetting to me Not because eg one piano got destroyed; surely that happens all the time, even on camera for eg movies and such. But there was something about watching beautiful objects be destroyed, in slow motion, gratuitously, and with an upbeat/sunny tone, that just aesthetically made me squirm in my seat

I had same reaction to the 'niceness' of what they were crushing. Things looked too good, like still usable. What if they were slightly older and dinged, scuffed up, looked more like they were done being useful.

Re: Apple apologizes for iPad 'Crush' ad that 'missed the mark'

#298

People complain about anything this days... Offtopic about the ipad, Im curious, does you guys use tablets like the ipad in anyway in your dayily lifes? After phones seem to be getting bigger, I see no use for a dedicated device like an Ipad.

Note that your comment too could be seen as complaining - and you yourself say that you’re not the target audience.

I also don’t use an iPad after switching to a pro max phone. But ideally I’d like a smaller phone and an iPad mini; maybe next iteration.

Re: Apple apologizes for iPad 'Crush' ad that 'missed the mark'

#299

I think the part that was really upsetting is they crushed real good objects. After all of that talks about climate friendly. They could have crushed 3D renderings and up the clip with “rendered on iPad. No harm was done on real objects.” And that would have been a good ad.

>I think the part that was really upsetting is they crushed real good objects. After all of that talks about climate friendly.

Considering how much global e-waste and environmental damage, companies like Apple(and others of their size) are responsible for with their products, destroying a few objects for an ad is like spitting in the ocean in the scheme of things.

People complaining about the waste generated from this ad, are really missing the big picture, and is one of the reason companies like Apple mostly focus on posturing the image of climate friendliness and environmental sustainability, rather than actually enforcing it across their entire supply chain where it actually makes the big difference.

"Sure, the minerals in our devices are mined by kids in Congo with chemicals dangerous for the environment, and assembled by workers in sweatshop factories with suicide nets, but our posh donut-shaped HQ in Cupertino runs on 100% renewables and serves only vegan food with soy lattes, that's how environmentally conscious we are here at Hooli."

^Because this greenwashing is what people buy into from advertising.

Reminds me when Formula 1 switched form V10 engines to hybrid V6 to be more "environmentally friendly", when actually, the gas burned by those V10 engines during races only accounted for <0,2% of the total emissions, being far offset by the massive emissions of transporting that entire circus around the planet bouncing across continents all year round, yet nobody addressed that, just the engines for some cheap greenwashing.

Re: Apple apologizes for iPad 'Crush' ad that 'missed the mark'

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Have some compassion. Let me take something of your prize possession and crush it for an iPad. Not all can afford one and such items brings them entertainment. For some advert to advertise, "your a schmuck for having these, buy an ipad" is just out of order.

Who would take this ad literally? As in "go toss the piano in trash and buy an iPad Pro"?
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