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		justaman on May 10, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple apologizes for iPad 'Crush' ad that 'missed ... Manufactured outrage. Designed to entice clickbait farmers to spread the word. Gone are the days of blasting millions into a TV ad. No new age ad gets that attention anymore. Instead, the idea is to go viral.

brabel on May 10, 2024 [–]

Apple knows exactly what it's doing (or whatever marketing company they paid to do this). And they did get viral, so mission accomplished?

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