Apple Deemed Top of Movie Product Placement Charts 321
adeelarshad82 writes "Apple was deemed top of the product placement charts last week after getting its computers, iPads, iPods and other items featured in 30 percent of the top movies at the U.S. box office in 2010. Apple had roles in movies last year ranging from 'Kick Ass' to 'The Other Guys' and 'Toy Story 3.' The strategy is obviously not a new one for Apple; they've had successful product placements in a number of TV Shows and movies over the last three decades like 'Star Trek IV,' 'Batman & Robin' and 'Dexter.'"
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Screw Apple.... (Score:2)
Im getting a Pear [androidtablets.net]
At first i thought it was a clever little play on tech, because the studio execs wanted to avoid trademark infringement, but theres actually marketing for Pear
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Hey, sonny, back in the day we had plenty of food-named computers. Apricot, Peach, Orange, Lemon, Acorn, er.. Sage, er , er ...
Well, it seemed like plenty at the time.
Getting out of hand (Score:3, Funny)
Apple's product placement has gotten out of hand in recent years. Everywhere in coffee shops, airports, college campuses, and libraries you see the glowing Apple logo. The shareholders should really ask tough questions why Apple is wasting so much money paying these people to use their products.
The worst example of product placement is probably at the malls. They have this giant space allocated for the sole purpose of flaunting the shining logo filled to the brim with Apple-only computer gear. Yes, the Apple store is the mother of all product placements. And these stores are full of people who are paid by the company to stand there and fiddle with MacBooks and iPads.
Dell, Gateway and HP would never do something like this. They're ethical when it comes to clean competition.
DOJ needs to investigate.
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WHoosh!
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It's clearly sarcasm that mocks the legions of "geek" Apple-haters you see on tech sites like Slashdot.
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That fact that you couldn't easily tell it apart from a genuine Apple-bashing post shows just how bad /. has become at over the top hate of the in-vogue "enemies" of late.
That sarcasm was so thick I was carving pieces of it off to spread on toast.
Re:Getting out of hand (Score:4, Insightful)
Next time, do us all a favor and record the conversation using the built-in video camera, because I call bullshit.
Original Article (Score:2)
Here is the original article by brandchannel [brandchannel.com] in case you are interested in seeing the rest. I thought I would be, but after skimming it I changed my mind.
It Can Get Intrusive (Score:2)
Wall-e (Score:2)
When he rebooted and I heard the Mac Chime... a part of me laughed at the recognition, and my other part was sort-of annoyed at being distracted from the movie.
I don't think that was product placement (Score:2)
I think that was a joke. While I'm sure they worked out a deal with Apple, because they'd have to for licensing reasons, I doubt Apple went looking to put that in there. More likely the director knew it would be funny to people and decided to put it in. Wall-e needed to do something when he rebooted, and given that it was a comedy that thing should be funny. He figured that was just the thing.
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Steve Jobs used to own Pixar, he's still the largest single Shareholder of Disney due to the acquisition a few years back. Disney, in particular Pixars links with Apple are incredibly strong.
Why does it matter? (Score:2)
It doesn't move products. Why does anyone care?
Frankly I'd be afraid of the IT manager that purchased Oracle kit because it was in Iron Man 2.
But it does (Score:2)
In the case of Oracle and Iron Man 2 it may not have been product placement in the classic sense. In some cases a director wants a real product, because they feel it is more realistic, and they have the producers work with the company for the rights.
However for consumer gadgets, it absolutely works. The reason Apple does it is they want to create this image that everyone uses Apple. They want it to seem like Apple products are everywhere, and all the cool successful people use them. Well in the real world y
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It also helps with respect to trust. You may not decide to purchase directly based on seeing the product ... several other places etc and it builds the idea that this company is everywhere and so must be trustworthy.
I couldn't agree more. I've been using the MS OSs since MSDos 3.1 (switched from DR DOS). I did commercial electrical work (manual labor, wiring new buildings), but my hobby was computer programming. I taught myself BASIC, C, Assembler (MASM), Pascal... It got kind of expensive over the years, but I kept learning... Visual Basic (confound it), C++. Try as I might, it was so hard to get anything of value produced besides dinky one off programs that didn't appeal to anyone but me... Then I learned HTML,
Even in some games (Score:2)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/05/mgs4_ipod1.jpg [blogcdn.com]
Regarding Star Trek IV (Score:3)
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Re:Apple doesn't do product placement (Score:5, Informative)
Apple isn't lying about anything. They don't pay for product placement. They do however have people who's job it is to lend Apple products as props to film and TV companies. And they are quite open about it.
So, where the plot or set dressing requires computers or phones, they will often be Apples. They look cool and cost the production company nothing. But what you won't see is scenes, plot and dialog specifically created to showcase Apple products, as you do in the GP's example of a "Bing It!" scene in Hawaii Five-0.
It's amazing that despite Apple not paying for product placement, they are still at the top of the product placement charts. But that's just testament to the fact that their products look better than their competitors, and film and TV companies want things that look good.
Re:Apple doesn't do product placement (Score:4, Insightful)
But that's just testament to the fact that their products look better than their competitors, and film and TV companies want things that look good.
Indeed, I've seen a lot of Apple "product placement" where they've placed circular silver stickers over the Apple logo on the back of the screens.
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Exactly. This just pisses off the haters on Slashdot even more. Apple's products are so good that people want to make use of them in movies and TV shows.
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But what you won't see is scenes, plot and dialog specifically created to showcase Apple products, as you do in the GP's example of a "Bing It!" scene in Hawaii Five-0.
I like the show "Bones". Yeah, I have to close my eyes and plug my ears any time they do anything with computers, but it's still a fun show to watch.
But they have the most annoying product placement anywhere. For example, Angela and Tempe are driving down a road. Angela is distracted by their conversation and the car drifts into the oncoming lane. It beeps loudly at her.
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And yet they're the top of the product placement charts. Products don't accidentally wind up on film very often, if at all. There's entire departments dedicated to making sure that no products are in a film without the permission of the trademark owner. It's gotten absurd, but at this point you can't make a film and assume that because a product logo is out of focus and not recognizable that it's going to be OK to include the prop.
Consequently, they might deny it, but I wouldn't trust them, they're not that
Re:Apple doesn't do product placement (Score:4, Informative)
I'm pretty sure you don't need permission to show someone's product in your film. Films are considered works of art, and I'm pretty sure are covered under the artistic license clause of fair use.
The Office is a good example - they accept paid product placement dollars, but also just put brand names in where it makes sense. They show them drinking a local Pennsylvania soda, for instance. And, in a Christmas episode, an iPod was a white elephant gift. Neither company paid for the advertising.
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Exactly. I see a gradient:
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Both could be true. As long as a trademark isn't portrayed in a way that might negatively influence the perception of the product, it's legit to use. I've heard that Apple has a public position that they are very lenient on this, whereas most other computer companies don't. If true, then Apple effectively gets product placement (if measured by number of appearances, as in TFA) without formally negotiating product placement (which is what Apple is claiming). They're just a safe choice for a recognizable comp
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Perhaps you are the lesser-brained individual for watching said screen.
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YI have a choice to not watch.
You do... for now. I fear the day when people track our purchases closely enough to notice when we aren't buying DVDs or cable. It's a small logical jump to come to the conclusion that because we are not buying we must (obviously) be torrenting, instead. The jackboots will then be dispatched forthwith.
Think it can't happen?
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YI have a choice to not watch.
You do... for now. I fear the day when people track our purchases closely enough to notice when we aren't buying DVDs or cable. It's a small logical jump to come to the conclusion that because we are not buying we must (obviously) be torrenting, instead. The jackboots will then be dispatched forthwith. Think it can't happen?
It won't happen as long as they're selling books.
Oh, damn.
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If only there was a movie or show without product placement.
Quentin Tarantino makes a point of not doing any product placements in his movies. If one of his characters is shown buying a pack of smokes, or pouring cereal into a bowl, it's always a fictional brand. It's a shame that he hasn't made anything good since Pulp Fiction.
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First of all, you're confusing two separate conversations - the one in the car, and the one in the restaurant.
Second: the "Royale with cheese" bit doesn't count as product placement, because it isn't gratuitous. The scene works because everyone knows what a Quarter-Pounder is, and what McDonald's is. We learn something about Vincent: he's the kind of asshole who goes to France and eats at McDonald's. If he was talking about some fictional restaurant chain, it would completely change the tone.
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Aw! I liked Vincent. Even if he is the kind of asshole who goes to france.
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Not physically, but every 'a bit too long shot' of item being marketed hurts my brain. Especially it keeps happening again and again. I really really hate Apple marketing. "Yes, I get it, he too is using an Apple computer, I saw it already." I'm sure that they are good computers, but oh god I hate the marketing. (Oh, some users too ^.^). Sony Vaio is another that appears a bit too often in films... (although, not so much recently).
Re:And it's fucking irritating (Score:5, Insightful)
Perhaps you are the lesser-brained individual for watching said screen.
I could understand your point of view about this except that you aren't accounting for the very nature of product placements.
At its core, it's a (legal) form of bait-and-switch. You are led to believe you are purchasing a movie. You are purchasing an ad-laden movie. They certainly aren't doing that due to overwhelming customer demand. Of course, you don't actually know that this is what you were sold until you watch the movie. Ad-laden movies are sold alongside regular movies with no easy way to distinguish them, depriving the customer of the chance to decide whether they want to pay full price for something subsidized with advertising.
If movies with product placements had to carry a big safety-orange label saying "CONTAINS IN-MOVIE ADVERTISING" I would consider your point more valid.
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You are always welcome to wait until the movie has been out a few weeks, at which time I'm certain you can find a review that mentions the presence of blatant product placement (if present).
The government can do a good number of things pretty well - better than the private sector even - but I certainly don't see any value in having the government manage this when the free market can take care of it, too.
You are welcome to enjoy independent and foreign film, which will noticeably lack product placement in mo
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What are movies if not advertisements for the entertainment industry? It's ALL advertising, movies included, as McLuhan would say.
Also it can be done really poorly (Score:2)
I don't mind product placement when done well. One of the best examples I can remember is Dell in V for Vendetta. The only way it is placed is that the computers the cops use have Dell logos on them, rather than none. It isn't featured or highlighted in any way, the computers are where you'd expect them to be and they aren't used to call attention to themselves. They just happen to be a real brand of computers. There would be computers in the scene anyhow, probably black ones since it fits the motif, there
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I think the OP would have an aneurysm over this film [sxsw.com].
Re:And it's fucking irritating (Score:5, Insightful)
While I hate to dilute your evaluation of my intelligence, or to contradict your quaint belief that anyone who disagrees with you must be a member of the peanut gallery (fucking people, how dare they have a different take on something), perhaps I can clarify my point for you.
The whole point of a market is that a willing buyer purchases a good or a service from a willing seller. Neither party uses force or deception.
When I am the buyer, I do not wish to pay for the privilege of watching an advertisement. I am unconcerned with whether you agree with that, approve of it, think it's a great idea, etc. You are free to spend your money that you earn as you see fit and you won't hear a word about that from me. It is yours.
Regarding the money that I earned, the money that is mine, I do not wish to purchase a movie with advertisements. It is only by a failure to disclose what I am actually buying, which is a form of deception, that anyone could get me to pay money for a movie that has advertisements. Had I known more about the movie I would not have purchased it. Again, this is about the freedom to decide not to patronize a business with which you disagree.
As a customer, I have every right to choose not to purchase something for any reason or for no reason at all, with or without explanation. I really don't care if you would make the same decision because you did not work to earn my money. It is the lack of disclosure that is at issue here.
If product placements are such a legitimate, good, useful, value-added practice, why are the marketers ashamed to disclose them up-front? If they have other sources of revenue from the movie, why do they charge the same full price as other movies that do not have the additional sources of revenue? They are double-dipping and as a customer I don't wish to reward this practice. If you do, that is your prerogative. It would never occur to me to insult your intelligence for having a different take on this matter, but then, I don't have the type of insecurity that makes me feel threatened by those who disagree with me. I don't know how to make it any simpler.
You think I regard this as an Apple issue? Oh, I get it. You took it upon yourself to automatically assume that I have a big problem with Apple's product placements but that I have no problem with say, Coke or Pepsi or Microsoft. I certainly never made such a claim. Your assumption is faulty. I don't care to pay full price for any movie that contains any form of real-world advertising. My position would remain the same no matter who topped the product-placement charts. That's because my position is based on principle, not on my feelings about a particular company.
For someone who is so quick to call others stupid, you certainly have no problem making unfounded assumptions.
Just one silly little issue (Score:3)
if you are noticing the product placement in a movie one would have to suspect that the movie was not enjoyable.
Really, if product placement stands out then I doubt the movie has a compelling story and is not worth watching in the first place. Its like Mystery Science Theater 3K, they start picking things apart because the movie as a whole is so bad that it becomes a process of anything goes. Now a special exception seems to be cars, people excuse specific cars from showing up; meaning a hot car is permit
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The Apple placements are p
Re:And it's fucking irritating (Score:5, Insightful)
You realise *why* there were Mini Coopers in The Italian Job, right? That really wasn't product placement - they couldn't have been anything but Minis.
Well, unless you believe Michael Caine and co walked away with a big fat pay check from British Leyland all those years ago...
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So take your shitty commercials for your shitty products out of my great movies.
The last time I can recall a movie plot pivoting around the functionality of a computer or OS, was Jurassic Park.
"It's a UNIX system! I know this!"
In all honesty, it rarely makes a difference what computer or OS is being used.
Most of the time they're CGI-ing something onto the screen anyways.
And that's why product placements happen: because it rarely changes the movie.
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Bones has got to be the worst offender for this, which particularly bothers me because, honestly, if you rated what characters in television series were the least likely to bother showing off a new gadget to those around them, I would say Temperance Brennan should land somewhere in the top five. She just wouldn't care. But White Collar also earns an honorable mention lately; they seem to be trying to take the crown of Random Car Placements from Bones. Though at least they've tried to work it into the scr
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At which point they zoom out to a front view of the car so you can see the car maker's logo (Toyota, I think)...
You think? I guess the product placement is not doing very well.
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Us higher-evolved-brain folk are reading books.
Take your idiot box away with your lesser-evolved-brain.
Oh I'm sorry, my superiority complex app must have malfunctioned. Better hope Apple releases a patch soon!
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They aren't "your" movies. At all. Don't forget it.
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It's better than productions that try hard to avoid product placement while still keeping an element of reality. Case in point, iCarly, a Disney show which features computers with a pear-minus-a-bite logo on the lids. Why didn't they just use an Apple?
In your perfect movie world everyone eats Hershel's chocolate bars, wear Levo jeans and have Cherryos for breakfast. I, however, like my movie worlds to be in my same universe. In my universe, there are common products with household names and when well pl
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Case in point, iCarly, a Disney show which features computers with a pear-minus-a-bite logo on the lids. Why didn't they just use an Apple?
Because Apple didn't pay them to do so. Maybe because Apple didn't think iCarly's audience was a good target demographic for their products, or maybe iCarly was asking too much for the number of viewers (or sale conversions) expected from the product placement. Having the art department create a few 'Pear' stickers is cheaper than having them create a few fake computers.
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It's better than productions that try hard to avoid product placement while still keeping an element of reality. Case in point, iCarly, a Disney show which features computers with a pear-minus-a-bite logo on the lids. Why didn't they just use an Apple?
In your perfect movie world everyone eats Hershel's chocolate bars, wear Levo jeans and have Cherryos for breakfast. I, however, like my movie worlds to be in my same universe. In my universe, there are common products with household names and when well placed can make a movie world more relatable. Personally, I think Dexter looks quite comfortable driving a Mac.
Some productions do go too far (ahem, Demolition Man / Taco Bell)
Simply put that show is Nickelodeon and Steve Jobs just so happens to be Disneys largest single shareholder (thanks to the acquisition of Pixar a few years back)
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You can't usually use parody with product placement. It also allows you to quickly shift products if one becomes unpopular and you aren't constantly afraid of the manufacturer pulling your licen
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Really. Take your stuff from my screen. If I want to watch a commercial, I go to youtube and watch that commercial. Funny enough, I never had the wish to do so. So take your shitty commercials for your products out of my great movies.
Not so much FTFY as my non-brand-specific version of your rant, against placement in general. I don't bloody care if the product is inferior or wonderful. Did you see Iron Man 2? Oracle and Audi up the arse! And it's not the frequency but the in-your-face, attention-grabbing presentation of the brands (Bulgari, Ridgid, Dell, Rolling Stone mag) and *spoken* mentions ("accesing the Oracle network"!). It really gets in the way.
But yes, Apple must be the biggest offender, because now I spot a Mac in a movie and
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And Mikael has one too, perhaps not as souped up as Lisbeth's. Thing is, the white logos show prominently (more or less centered within the frame) several times. Bonus: have you ever noticed that most Nokia phones in TV ring with the default, recognizable tune? You can tell Mikael has a Sony Ericsson. He drives a Kia mini-SUV in Sweden, and a Kia pickup in Australia. Granted, not as bad as Iron Man or Hannibal, but...
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...by a few million.
To investors, that's real money to offset production costs as there is very rarely a guarantee of profit. When there is a guarantee, there is also a desire to capitalize as much as possible on the investment. To wring every last drop and make up for all the other losers.
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You know what's even worse? Designer sunglasses. You practically never see stars wearing dollar store glasses, and you can guarantee that during the film they'll zoom in so damn close those fancy specs fill half the theater. It's obviously product placement!
Seriously, though, Apple computers have three things going for them:
Is it surprising that the same screen characters who look unusua
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So you're saying that you're fine with product placement as long as you like the product? Interesting perspective.
Personally, I don't give a shit what the product is, I just think that OBVIOUS or otherwise poorly-done product placement can be annoying but it's not all bad. Like anything else (up to and including special effects and the acting itself) if it's done well, it's natural and invisible; if not, it's not.
I find it a jarring reminder that I'm watching a movie when I see a recognizable product appear
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When I hear so-called geeks whine and complain about Apple, I imagine them as nothing more than Hipsters. 'Apple is too mainstream for me, I like my OS to be a distro so underground you've probably never heard of it.'
Re:And it's fucking irritating (Score:4, Insightful)
I disagree. I love this advert supported revenue model that hollywood uses.
It means I dont have to feel bad for bittorrenting their crap if they still get income 6 other ways.
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Re:And it's fucking irritating (Score:5, Insightful)
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I don't know in which world you live, but in the world here, I see Apple products quite often (especially ipods and iphones, but lots of laptops as well). I'd have almost go as far as to say the "product placement" rate of Apple products in movies and TV-series is not that far of of reality. In my world, about half the people I know that have laptops, have Apple Laptops... in films, about half the laptops are Dell and the other half Apple. Sounds right (at least for the Apple part).
Of course, my world is probably different than yours because of the type of work we do, because our social circles are different, because, because, because...
But most importantly, in my world, no one cares enough about this to be distracted of a good (or bad) movie or TV-series because someone is using a mac instead of a PC or is drinking Pepsi instead of water.
Especially if the thing in question is mostly used as a prop... who care. Some times, they really rub it in and put totally awkward angles in just to place a product. There, I would agree that the placement is killing the art. But most of the time, it flows in... so why care?
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I don't know in which world you live, but in the world here, I see Apple products quite often (especially ipods and iphones, but lots of laptops as well). I'd have almost go as far as to say the "product placement" rate of Apple products in movies and TV-series is not that far of of reality.
World here? Reality? Well in my "world" (indonesia), it's either ThinkPad or HP for the techies, or cheap Acer (Core i3s, netbooks) for the masses. Those that use Macbook are usually either rich college students, marketing people, or those that work on creative field. The ipod on the other hand, is quite common.
Re:And it's fucking irritating (Score:4, Insightful)
That's the thing. Watching Castle and seeing that Rick Castle has an iPhone, or that Detective Beckett has a Palm Pre? Eh, whatever. They're probably going to have a cell phone, like most of the people in the US. As long as you're not throwing that device into my face really obnoxiously, I don't care what it is. It's just a prop, and I can focus on the story. Seeing that Shawn on 'Psych' carries an iPhone, again, not terribly jarring. None of them make a big deal about their phones, they just use them on screen.
But when I'm watching Bones and, say, Dr. Brennan feels a need to explain her new Windows Phone 7 device and show the Metro UI off to someone? Or on /any/ show where they feel the need to discuss the little tree on the dashboard (or demonstrate the Bluetooth capabilities) of certain hybrid cars? (White Collar, I'm looking at you as well here.) Those get annoying and jarring, because they feel like someone randomly regurgitated marketing into the middle of the script.
Re:And it's fucking irritating (Score:5, Funny)
I understand the desire to use movies to advertise products via product placement, but the MacBook Air sitting on the desk in The King's Speech was going a bit far.
But that's just my opinion.
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Especially if the phone doesn't fit the personality/work/hobby. e.g. in Tron Legacy, Sam is running around with a Nokia N8. Surely a Unix geek as would choose a N900 :)
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Its not the difference between drinkin
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A lot of PC people like to talk about how expensive macs are but they spend a lot more money upgrading their hardware every year.
You don't know what you're talking about. The only niche that upgrades their PC every year is the high-end gamer crowd, and even that has died down a lot.
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Some times, they really rub it in and put totally awkward angles in just to place a product. There, I would agree that the placement is killing the art. But most of the time, it flows in... so why care?
It's distracting. Especially with the laptops, where Apple plasters a large illuminated logo on the back. It pulls me out of the movie and makes me think about Apple for a few seconds. In my opinion, they should cover up the brand entirely. As much as I'm a tech guy, I really don't need to know what brand of computer the guy in the movie is using, unless it has something to do with the narrative.
Re:And it's fucking irritating (Score:5, Funny)
It pulls me out of the movie
Wait, showing the logo pulls you out of the movie? Really?
"Hey Bob, why do you have this giant sticker on the lid of your laptop?"
"Oh, we don't want anyone who might happen to wander down here to get the idea that Company X is the best because we use them."
"But Bob, we're in a secure underground laboratory. Who the hell is going to 'wander down here'?"
*both actors slowly turn towards the camera and stare for a few seconds*
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If a main character is going to do something on a computer and they walk over to a shiny apple product it tells you the kind of person they are. They have spent money. They chose to buy an apple, because anyone can go to walmart and put an acer in their cart alongside the milk and eggs, you usually have to GO to an apple store and plop down some change .
Also you know they might be a little more creative and artistic, might
Re:And it's fucking irritating (Score:4, Funny)
It's distracting. Especially with the laptops, where Apple plasters a large illuminated logo on the back. It pulls me out of the movie and makes me think about Apple for a few seconds. In my opinion, they should cover up the brand entirely. As much as I'm a tech guy, I really don't need to know what brand of computer the guy in the movie is using, unless it has something to do with the narrative.
I know my life was enriched knowing I can hack an alien spaceship with a macbook.
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I love House, but seeing every computer in the World as a Mac just turns my stomach a little. Well, a lot.
How else is Steve Jobs going to get a consult with Dr House if he doesn't keep giving him free stuff?
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So, if you decide to buy a home in a town that only has a Target, it's somehow Target's fault if the nearest Wal-Mart is 2 towns over?
You are not "forced" to buy an Apple phone, or an Android phone, or any phone at all, for that matter. If you choose to buy one, you are buying into that phone's ecosystem, and you know that going in. If you don't like Apples' policies, vote with your dollars and support Android, or WebOS, or WP7. There are plenty of legitimate alternatives to Apple's phones, and we read h
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You forgot to mention in your flawed analogy that the homeowners' association in your new town is controlled exclusively by Target, and if you drive over to the Wal-Mart 2 towns over to go shopping, they will be waiting at your front door with bouncers, to stop you from taking your purchases into your own home.
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You are aware that homeowner's associations regularly exert arbitrary rules about paint colors, exterior decorations, lawn maintenance, vehicle parking, and the like... right? And that if you violate those requirements, you can be subject to anything from fines up to being removed from your home, depending on the HOA?
Doesn't much matter who controls the homeowner's association, if you're not being forced to go live there in the first place. There are numerous legitimate competitors that you can use instea
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No, you've lost the analogy. Wal-Mart and Target were app stores, and the town was the userbase of a phone OS. Apple is absolutely preventing you from using software purchased in arbitrary app stores on iOS -- in other words, you can't use what you buy from the Wal-Mart at Wal-Martton in your hometown of Targetville.
What Apple doesn't have is bouncers preventing you from moving to Wal-Martton or having two homes.
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There is no "other store" to buy from in Apple-town, and you know that when you move in. If you want a town with a dozen different stores to shop from, then don't move into a town with only one store.
Apple prevents you from running Android apps in the same way that Linux prevents you from running Windows apps, and the same way Ford prevents you from installing a Toyota engine in your Fusion: they're simply not compatible.
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How do you feel that, at least in America, almost everyone who has an MP3 player has some sort of iPod? Should this be purposefully avoided so that if a character is listening to music, it becomes a character trait that they chose NOT to get an iPod, thus potentially corrupting the character? If having an iPod is the default choice that just means the person has a common MP3 player and adds nothing to the character because it mimics real life. Giving someone an iRiver or Zune would cause them to stand out a
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You're the stereotypical neckbeard who thinks they're smarter than everyone else because they run Linus Torvald's UNIX clone. Slashdot has become so ridiculously over the top with its Apple hatred lately
Hey, I'm clean shaven, and I've hated Apple, its stuck up customers, and its overpriced gear since almost a decade before Linux was even created.
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I don't think he's trolling bro :) I just think you don't like what he says but have such a limited world view that you can't deal with it unless you excuse it as a method of infuriating you and not just a dissenting opinion. PS: It IS neckbeardy to act like you are more evolved than other people
Re:And it's fucking irritating (Score:5, Funny)
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It he's nerdy but he's a fucking serial killer that doesn't care too much about fashion or stupid musical groups, or his state of social presentation. He's fucking cool and he doesn't really give a shit about that stuff. I think that helps Apple to connect with a new audience.
95% of Serial Killers agree that Apple is the product for them.
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Wow, this Dexter guy sounds familiar. Does he drive an El Dorado and torture people really well?
Parent is a Goatse, hidden by url shortener. (Score:5, Informative)
Before clicking on the link I suspected the parent post was total nonsense, but yes slashdot, to save your blushes I went and checked it out anyway.
I said "a fiver says this is either a rick roll or a goatse, the story comment just reeks of a teenage urban legend and he has a 7 digit UID that starts with a 2, there is no way this is legit"
So, if you like huge assholes or are a fan of prolapsed rectums, by all means click on the disguised link.
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