The fact they keep doubling down at gen/memojis, now with extra ChatGPT cringe, or the AI generated pep talk makes me wonder what kind of echo chamber do they have there, because there's no remote chance any 20-25 year old would bless any of this as 'cool'.
Do bear in mind that the Apple growth in 2010-2020 could easily be attributed to how kids needed Apple products to be cool. To the social pressure, with the Green Bubble Shaming being just one of its manifestations.
But the social pressure can quickly turn against them, as soon as some other business manages to show something cooler, call out Apple's cringe and the next gen collectively decides to dump Apple.
And I can personally see at least company aiming at doing exactly that: Nothing Tech. No cringe, they embraced modern, post-pandemic, deconstructionist trends and are actually properly cool, design-wise.
leakycap•3h ago
cromka•3h ago