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Originally posted by SB Shock View PostPersonally, the whole apple eco-system works for me - if that makes me a fan boy so be it - I am un-ashamed.Kung Wu say, man who read woman like book, prefer braille!
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Originally posted by MoValley John View PostSo Apple once again copies what Samsung has been doing for years- and like clockwork, the masses drool. Amazing what cult branding can do.
Look, I know it's easy to pick on Apple, or that Andriod may have better products (all a matter of opinion), but to completely discredit anything that they have done is foolish. Just look at Windows and Samsungs commercials; they feel the need to constantly say how their products are "better" then Apple's. Seems like a massive inferiority complex to me.The Assman
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Originally posted by SHURTZtheHERTZ View PostLook, I know it's easy to pick on Apple, or that Andriod may have better products (all a matter of opinion), but to completely discredit anything that they have done is foolish. Just look at Windows and Samsungs commercials; they feel the need to constantly say how their products are "better" then Apple's. Seems like a massive inferiority complex to me.
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Originally posted by ShockerEngineer View PostBingo.. The first of Samsung's Apple-bashing commercials pretty much completely turned me off of them, where they were pretty openly mocking Apple users.
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Originally posted by wsushox1 View PostAs dominant as Apple has been in the smartphone market they only have 11% market share. Which was shocking to me when I saw it.
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Originally posted by Cdizzle View PostAnd in what way is that different than Apple's commercial campaign against PCs? Seems only mildly hypocritical.
Other ads, like the windows phone Cortana ones, those seem more comparable to me. When you're not the market leader, it makes sense to show users how you can be differentiated from them, but mocking users isn't a good approach, imo.
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Originally posted by ShockerEngineer View PostBingo.. The first of Samsung's Apple-bashing commercials pretty much completely turned me off of them, where they were pretty openly mocking Apple users.Originally posted by Cdizzle View PostAnd in what way is that different than Apple's commercial campaign against PCs? Seems only mildly hypocritical.Originally posted by ShockerEngineer View PostEveryone always points that out, but they were poking fun at the product, not the users. I was a PC user during that time, and I never found those ads offensive.
Other ads, like the windows phone Cortana ones, those seem more comparable to me. When you're not the market leader, it makes sense to show users how you can be differentiated from them, but mocking users isn't a good approach, imo.
Oh and those, Apple commercials you mention, Windows found them so flattering that they nearly to respond to them with their own campaign. If you are better, why do you feel the need to respond? Plus, those Mac ads you mention haven't run in over 5 years.
Look at their ads today, they never mention their competitors. Like @ShockerEngineer: said, you feel the need to win to try and win back some market share, trying to bring your opponents down is one way to do it. Which I don't get, because it is just free publicity for Apple as well. (It's like Coke (Apple) vs Pepsi (Competitors). Pepsi always feels to need to prove why they are better the Coke, while Coke just says "We are Coke." and still wins.)The Assman
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Originally posted by Cdizzle View PostWhat they did in the music industry wasn't legal.Originally posted by Awesome Sauce Malone View Postwhich was?
Seems like Garth Brooks is the only real big holdout left. AC/DC, The Beatles, Led Zepplin, and Kid Rock amongst others have finally seen the light and realized they were fighting a losing battle. Not to mention, saw really nice sales once they did.
According to Billboard:
- AC/DC had first-week digital sales of 48,000 albums and 696,000 tracks -- all catalog.
- The Beatles had first-week digital sales of 119,000 albums and 1.4 million tracks -- also all catalog.
That, my friends, is the power of Apple.The Assman
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In 1978, Apple Corps, the Beatles-founded holding company and owner of their record label, Apple Records, filed a lawsuit against Apple Computer for trademark infringement. The suit was settled in 1981 with an undisclosed amount being paid to Apple Corps. This amount was estimated to be US$50–250 million, but was later revealed to be $80,000.[1] As a condition of the settlement, Apple Computer agreed not to enter the music business, and Apple Corps agreed not to enter the computer business.
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