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Re:Apple apologizes for iPad 'Crush' ad that 'missed the mark' by boringg on Friday May 10, 2024 @10:10AM (#40319225)
There's a step function difference between a large megacorp making their message about crushing artistic merit/individuality and selling their device as a replacement to all compared to hollywood using a couple cars as a stunt in the background. Apples to oranges.

If you can't see the difference here I think this says more about you being able to put together reasonable comparables for arguments then anything else.

For example using "Australian girl on Instagram that crushes things and dances to their shape" as a comparable is so completely different as to be irrelevant except that there is similarity in something being crushed. It's like comparing a military jet and a mosquito because they can both fly.

Re:Apple apologizes for iPad 'Crush' ad that 'missed the mark' by culopatin on Friday May 10, 2024 @10:18AM (#40319325)
Why does saying “this IPad combines all these things” crush artistic merit or individuality? You can still go buy a piano and do whatever you want and be your own individual independently of Apple crushing ONE piano/trumpet/5 emoji balls.
Re:Apple apologizes for iPad 'Crush' ad that 'missed the mark' by boringg on Friday May 10, 2024 @10:32AM (#40319492)
Like I said - if you can't see why they dropped the ball on the advertisement then that falls on your own ability to interpret.

To your question - they literally used crush and destroy as their message.

Unforced error on Apples part plain and simple.