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I have very little respect for Apple at this point: I make no secret of this fact. Apple, as a company, has turned into a corporate hypocracy, embodying the very ideals that it claims to be rebelling against. “Think Different”, as a slogan, has become a cold criticism of their own actions with regards to their product lines.
The Next Hope
Apple is not just a computer company: Apple is a movement. This concept was finally and truly cemented in the public mindset when Apple carved itself a lasting place in the history of marketing with its 1984 superbowl commercial for Macintosh.
Styled after the classic Orwellian distopia, 1984, this commercial was set in a future where all aspects of individuality had been stamped out by the overlords, constantly vigilant, watching from their television monitors.
This world, as well as everyone in it, was rendered in a blue and gray: some believe we are to see the overlords as IBM, well reknowned for their corporate beaurocracy, and soon to be hated for trying to control our very thoughts with their bland machinery.
Others, including the creative director of the commercial, Lee Clow, state that the commercial represents the abstract struggle of “the few against the many”: Apple’s Macintosh standing as a symbol of “empowerment”. [Wikipedia]
The True Enemy
However, as time grew on, Apple’s real stance on individual expression and “empowerment” in particular, became clear: they are staunchly against it. Apple’s insistence on controlling the experience of their products sounds very similar to the “garden of pure ideology” expoused by the Big Brother in their own commercial.
Today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives. We have created, for the first time in all history, a garden of pure ideology: where each worker may bloom, secure from the pests of any contradictory… thoughts.
Our Unification of Thoughts is more powerful a weapon than any fleet or army on Earth. We are one people: with one will, one resolve, one cause. Our enemies shall talk themselves to death and we will bury them with their own confusion. We shall prevail!
The Point of Jailbreaking
This is why many of us (upwards of 10% of all iPhone users, in fact) “jailbreak” our devices: we want choice. We believe that Apple has maintained its lead as the best mobile hardware platform provider, and Read more…
