Apple RosaParks?
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- jpolk0
dobs, you're typically rad, but theres no fucking reason to be so reactionary this. it makes absolutely no sense. make your memorial less corporate, dude...
- mrdobolina0
Im just thinking out loud here...
I could honestly care less that Apple has this on their site, but if you think for one second that there werent 20 marketing people sitting around a table making this dcision, you are seriously naive.
That is what I was talking about.
- Crouwel0
it's a fucking tagline, do you honestly think apple users "think differently"?
what a load of pretentious shit.
mrdobolina
(Oct 27 05, 14:06)it doesn't claim that. that is your interpretation.
it encourages to think different.
that's all.
and in a way it is valid, considering using an Apple is everything but normal where i live.
some people look at it as if it comes from outer space.
but i am sure in the US a much greater percentage uses Apple products.
- jpolk0
this just in! it's a CONSPIRACY!!!1!
apple had rosa parks killed, so they could create an online memorial, causing their stock to shoot through the roof?!?!
OMG!!! i heard they contracted haliburton out to build the memorial page!
- Crouwel0
Im just thinking out loud here...
I could honestly care less that Apple has this on their site, but if you think for one second that there werent 20 marketing people sitting around a table making this dcision, you are seriously naive.
That is what I was talking about.
mrdobolina
(Oct 27 05, 14:14)uhm, yes probably to agree on using it, not for making this up.
apple does things like this for almost as long as they exist.
nothing new here.
- jpolk0
and they used, *gasp*, MARKETING EXECS too!
- level20
Look, no corporation is altrusitic as they want to be perceived. The ad got us "thinking" didnt it? Mission accomplished..
- mrdobolina0
Apple has built brand loyalty by doing things like this. Thus, they make decisions to do things like this because it is good for their bottom line. This is all I am saying, Jpolk is just being a prick about it.
- spaniard0
It's like you're completely sold, you just lap it up, you don't see an ad, you see a tribute, & anyone criticising apple for using the image is seen as criticising rosa park's principles! guess they know their demographic pretty well.
Hook line & sinker.
- jpolk0
fuck dobs, you opened my eyes... now i know there's such thing as advertising.
FYI, tasteless would be trying to capitalize on her death. this article actually links away from apple's site. that's some crafty marketing there... drive users away from our store with a giant memorial, and then link them off to another site, to read about rosa parks... then we1've got 'em... crafty fucking capitalists...
- mrdobolina0
bingo, spaniard.
the brand loyalty to apple is borderline obsessive.
- Crouwel0
"Apple has built brand loyalty by doing things like this."
don't rate me this naive my friend.
i don't buy apple stuff for this reason.
i only buy it because i hate windows because it feels complicated to me, and also because i have used Apple for all my life and rarely ever touched windows boxes.
- designaked0
In all of my ranting and raving in this thread I forgot to applaud designbum for taking the time to take a stand, write his letter and actually send it. He took action instead of sitting on his ass and just bitching about it (like most of us...me included). I disagree with designbum's overall letter and argument but commend him for taking action. Maybe if we had more people taking action in this country it wouldn't be in the mess its in today.
- mrdobolina0
lemme guess, jpolk. you are on a mac?
- jpolk0
i'm on a PC right now. fact.
i'm not angry now, fact.
i'm not an apple fanboy, fact.
- Crouwel0
FYI, tasteless would be trying to capitalize on her death. this article actually links away from apple's site. that's some crafty marketing there... drive users away from our store with a giant memorial, and then link them off to another site, to read about rosa parks... then we1've got 'em... crafty fucking capitalists...
jpolk
(Oct 27 05, 14:20)+10
- Crouwel0
lemme guess, jpolk. you are on a mac?
mrdobolina
(Oct 27 05, 14:21)jesus, dobs, lemme guess, you're paid by MS to post here?
- designaked0
I'm on a PC now too.
- jpolk0
dobs, i ain't mad... this is just some tinfoil hat shit right here.