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Well, that tears it! I had my iPad Pro preorder all set, but if somebody on X doesn't like the commercial, I'm cancelling this instant. I've heard more people

Well, that tears it! I had my iPad Pro preorder all set, but if somebody on X doesn't like the commercial, I'm cancelling this instant. I've heard more people talking about this ad than any other in recent memory. What a failure.

htk 2y ago
Spot on. As I said on another thread, it's easy to do virtue signaling by bashing or acting shocked.
relyks 2y ago
Doesn't that make the ad a success? Getting people to discuss the product leads to greater awareness of the product. Awareness of the product might lead to more sales
- cornholio 2y ago
  This is true for a product from an unknown startup. I'm willing to bet 99% of iPad 3 buyers have already heard that the iPad exists from a source other than this ad or its online echoes. It's just a mediocre ad, it has no effect to either increase or decrease the sales. those who hate Apple will pile on, fanboys will rant about the beauty of creative sacrifice, most people will be indifferent to an unequivocally ugly and forgettable ad.
  - fragmede 2y ago
    it got you to write 81 words about it, so I don't know if I'd call the ad mediocre.
    - cornholio 2y ago
      I have never bought an Apple product and likely never will, so there's that.
  - whstl 2y ago
    I didn't know it was the thinest iPad. That actually made me want to check it out.
fragmede 2y ago
we're here, talking about the ad, and by extension the product. which makes it a huge a success for the marketing team. are people that were going to buy an iPad before now not gonna buy an iPad because they got offended? maybe! are people who weren't in the market for a new iPad now thinking about iPads? yup.
- jacktribe 2y ago
  It's not that simple. Something like this hurts the brand.
ein0p 2y ago
No, no! You have to buy two now to (checks notes) piss off Elon Musk!
1propionyl 2y ago
Thank goodness the entire Apple ecosystem consists of millions of you and no one else then right?
happytoexplain 2y ago
A few replies didn't catch the sarcasm. You have to remember: There is no amount of sarcasm that will be obvious to all readers.
- fragmede 2y ago
  oh really
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htk 2y ago

Spot on. As I said on another thread, it's easy to do virtue signaling by bashing or acting shocked.

relyks 2y ago

Doesn't that make the ad a success? Getting people to discuss the product leads to greater awareness of the product. Awareness of the product might lead to more sales

cornholio 2y ago
This is true for a product from an unknown startup. I'm willing to bet 99% of iPad 3 buyers have already heard that the iPad exists from a source other than this ad or its online echoes. It's just a mediocre ad, it has no effect to either increase or decrease the sales. those who hate Apple will pile on, fanboys will rant about the beauty of creative sacrifice, most people will be indifferent to an unequivocally ugly and forgettable ad.
- fragmede 2y ago
  it got you to write 81 words about it, so I don't know if I'd call the ad mediocre.
  - cornholio 2y ago
    I have never bought an Apple product and likely never will, so there's that.
- whstl 2y ago
  I didn't know it was the thinest iPad. That actually made me want to check it out.

fragmede 2y ago

we're here, talking about the ad, and by extension the product. which makes it a huge a success for the marketing team. are people that were going to buy an iPad before now not gonna buy an iPad because they got offended? maybe! are people who weren't in the market for a new iPad now thinking about iPads? yup.

jacktribe 2y ago
It's not that simple. Something like this hurts the brand.

ein0p 2y ago

No, no! You have to buy two now to (checks notes) piss off Elon Musk!

1propionyl 2y ago

Thank goodness the entire Apple ecosystem consists of millions of you and no one else then right?

happytoexplain 2y ago

A few replies didn't catch the sarcasm. You have to remember: There is no amount of sarcasm that will be obvious to all readers.

fragmede 2y ago
oh really

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