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Post by asteroidz » Wed, May 08, 2024, 5:42 PM UTC

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Post by asteroidz » Wed, May 08, 2024, 5:43 PM UTC

Twitter user @mr_james_c opined about this:

1984 ad: Monochome, conformist, industrial world exploded by colourful, vibrant human

2024 ad: Colourful, vibrant humanity is crushed by monochrome, conformist industrial press

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Post by martinky24 » Wed, May 08, 2024, 5:54 PM UTC

The quoted "Immediate backlash" is from random Twitter users.

"Embedding tweets" on a webpage is the laziest form of journalism...

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Post by I_Am_Nous » Wed, May 08, 2024, 5:58 PM UTC

Manufactured outrage at its finest.

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Post by repelsteeltje » Wed, May 08, 2024, 6:08 PM UTC

asteroidz wrote: post #3

Twitter user @mr_james_c opined about this: 1984 ad: Monochome, conformist, industrial world exploded by colourful, vibrant human 2024 ad: Colourful, vibrant humanity is crushed by monochrome, conformist industrial press

I've never been very interested in commercials and don't see why I'd be outraged about either of those apple commercials.

What strikes me though is that in 40 years we went from a Macintosh to an iPad, a watch and vr glasses.

I'm actually baffled by the lack of progress made given so much time and resources. There was so much optimism about microcomputers, yet so little has been accomplished.

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Post by John23832 » Wed, May 08, 2024, 6:12 PM UTC

It seems like these people have nothing else to do but to be upset about something?

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, May 08, 2024, 6:14 PM UTC

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Post by pie420 » Wed, May 08, 2024, 6:16 PM UTC

repelsteeltje wrote: post #6

asteroidz wrote: post #3

Twitter user @mr_james_c opined about this: 1984 ad: Monochome, conformist, industrial world exploded by colourful, vibrant human 2024 ad: Colourful, vibrant humanity is crushed by monochrome, conformist industrial press

I've never been very interested in commercials and don't see why I'd be outraged about either of those apple commercials. What strikes me though is that in 40 years we went from a Macintosh to an iPad, a watch and vr glasses. I'm actually baffled by the lack of progress made given so much time and resources. There was so much optimism about microcomputers, yet so little has been accomplished.

there has been tons of progress made, just for shareholders, not users of the actual technology. SaaSification, subscriptions, weaponized feature tiers, emotional manipulation. We are living in the golden age of marketing, sales, and consumerism.

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Post by a_r41 » Wed, May 08, 2024, 6:18 PM UTC

I never thought I'd see a Kotaku article posted on HN. If there was a quality bar that submissions need to meet, none of their articles would come close.