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I don’t want to be a fanboy but the wallpaper is so soulless and industrial. I like how Apple always tries to bring nature to computing with wallpapers and scre

by msoad 2y ago

I don’t want to be a fanboy but the wallpaper is so soulless and industrial. I like how Apple always tries to bring nature to computing with wallpapers and screensavers. For example https://iso.500px.com/iphone-6-milky-way-wallpaper-interview/ https://iso.500px.com/iphone-6-milky-way-wallpaper-interview... Also the Ariel videos of nature and cities for Apple TV and Mac is another example. Windows feels so corporate and boring tbh

ggm 2y ago
"The apple wallpaper was physically built (by nature) and photographed."
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gizajob 2y ago
Yeah I do kind of love the current dynamic "different every time" Mac OS wallpaper / splash screen. It's corporate Apple but still great, and infinitely better than MS's Borg-like contentless flatness.
- oefrha 2y ago
  The Windows login screen has been showing dynamic landscape photos for a loooong time. Of course, the part where you accidentally click on one of the search labels (?) and it opens Bing in Edge (previously IE), which is one of the three hundred ways you can accidentally open Edge/Bing in Windows, is not cool at all.
- npteljes 2y ago
  Windows can have Bing Wallpaper, which changes the wallpaper every day. It's not installed by default, but it's a fun offering from Microsoft.
amatecha 2y ago
Nice, so many good photos in that post! Thanks for sharing :D
TeMPOraL 2y ago
> I don’t want to be a fanboy but the wallpaper is so soulless and industrial. I like how Apple always tries to bring nature to computing with wallpapers and screensavers. To each their own. I personally have more than enough nature around me; I prefer it to not also invade my computer.
resource_waste 2y ago
The emotions you used are classic of Apple's Victims. At least you are aware you are a fanboy. Its the first step to freedom.
dogleash 2y ago
Apple has sterile attempts to pretend they're not sterile. And that's fine. That's all it has to be. Something aesthetically appealing and universally brandsafe. But it's not not-soulless. Have you ever read a F500 companies press release about a (re)branding or new logo or something? Where they retell the story the branding consultants told the executive suite about what the new image means and the vibe it embodies? But the end result is just bland nothingness that doesn't standout from the pack at all? That's the energy in every Apple attempt to show personality. Hypercalculated and ultimately meaningless.

by msoad 2y ago

ggm 2y ago

"The apple wallpaper was physically built (by nature) and photographed."

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gizajob 2y ago

Yeah I do kind of love the current dynamic "different every time" Mac OS wallpaper / splash screen. It's corporate Apple but still great, and infinitely better than MS's Borg-like contentless flatness.

oefrha 2y ago
The Windows login screen has been showing dynamic landscape photos for a loooong time. Of course, the part where you accidentally click on one of the search labels (?) and it opens Bing in Edge (previously IE), which is one of the three hundred ways you can accidentally open Edge/Bing in Windows, is not cool at all.
npteljes 2y ago
Windows can have Bing Wallpaper, which changes the wallpaper every day. It's not installed by default, but it's a fun offering from Microsoft.

amatecha 2y ago

Nice, so many good photos in that post! Thanks for sharing :D

TeMPOraL 2y ago

> I don’t want to be a fanboy but the wallpaper is so soulless and industrial. I like how Apple always tries to bring nature to computing with wallpapers and screensavers. To each their own. I personally have more than enough nature around me; I prefer it to not also invade my computer.

resource_waste 2y ago

The emotions you used are classic of Apple's Victims. At least you are aware you are a fanboy. Its the first step to freedom.

dogleash 2y ago

Apple has sterile attempts to pretend they're not sterile. And that's fine. That's all it has to be. Something aesthetically appealing and universally brandsafe. But it's not not-soulless. Have you ever read a F500 companies press release about a (re)branding or new logo or something? Where they retell the story the branding consultants told the executive suite about what the new image means and the vibe it embodies? But the end result is just bland nothingness that doesn't standout from the pack at all? That's the energy in every Apple attempt to show personality. Hypercalculated and ultimately meaningless.