Apple - 1984
Why Hacker News recommends it
Cited ironically or as a joke when Apple is accused of becoming the controlling Big Brother it once mocked.
What it is
Apple's famous 1984 Macintosh television commercial, which casts the company as a rebel breaking a Big Brother-style conformity.
Recommended by 0 HN commenters across 0 different months, 2016 to 2023.
What Hacker News said
Critical kelvin0 · 2021-09 · on “Apple blocked the FlickType Watch keyboard then announced a clone of it”
They've come a long way from building personal computers in Wozniak's garage. In the process they've transformed into the 'big brother' from their 1984 T.V. ad campaign. [this video]
Critical PaulHoule · 2023-05 · on “Ask HN: Will Web3 ever become mainstream?”
No. People don’t see the value in ‘decentralization’, their motto is something like ‘give me convenience or give me death’. This commercial, for the first personal computer that didn’t come with any programming tools, reveals the true attitude of the masses: [this video] (Note the guy talking in the screen is a blockhead as I see it.)