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Does Apple's use of famous stars in ads show weakness?

• xam 14y ago
  No. -Betteridge
  • protomyth 14y ago
    They did it for the iPod, why not its replacement. I swear I am going to write a rumor / stupid article bot for Apple news and make a fortune on link bait. If you see the "by protomyth" then you know I actually did it.
    • madrona 14y ago
      Apple rumor Markov chains. Oh, that would be hilarious.
  • jere 14y ago
    I knew the law, but didn't know Betteridge is "a technology journalist who primarily covers topics relating to Apple/Mac." How apropos. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridges_Law_of_Headlines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridges_Law_of_Headlines
• valuegram 14y ago
  Of course it doesn't show weakness. It MAY show that there are some internal cultural changes going on at Apple, but I'm not even convinced of that. Let us not forget the "Think Different" campaign from the late 90s, which featured famous people from Frank Sinatra to Pablo Picasso.
• k-mcgrady 14y ago
  No. They've used celebrities in ads before and they even released a 'U2' iPod. They were just trying something different.
• jere 14y ago
  I'm trying to imagine a demographic that exclaims: "I love that John Malkovich guy. Wait, what's this... sear-ee?"
• bpaluzzi 14y ago
  How soon we forget... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQmK1CnwOUI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQmK1CnwOUI