goddamn i read parts of the article trying to figure out which company… Im not a marketing guy, but nobody can tell me that “nothing” is marketable brand.
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jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
“this is a company for grown ups.”
That’s too bad. I was thinking of getting their phone when I needed a new one, I guess I’ll just add them to my mental list of companies to avoid.
Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Allow me to introduce you to their main competitor, elon musk.
Oh, I don’t mean competitor in the business market. I mean their main competitor for worlds least marketable brand identity.
He took twitter, which had it’s own global brand awareness, and blundered it so bad that every media company refers to it as “X (formerly twitter)” because they know that if they had just put X, nobody would know what the hell they were talking about.
And his other company is literally named “The Boring Company”. Where I assume they make disease, and murderous robots that are somehow racist.
curry@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
It’s still unbelievable considering Twitter had made its way into other languages’ lexicon other than English. In Spanish, for example, the word “tuit” had been added officially in the dictionary. It had no competitors in brand awareness and all it took was a manchild with money to burn to take it all down.
BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Clearly it’s not a company for grown ups because you think they’re all children that won’t play together unless you cram them into a classroom and tell them, “Make nice.”
candybrie@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Right? Grown ups can be trusted to get their work done without someone watching them all the time. It’s small children who need constant supervision.
LEVI@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
I guess I’ll just add them to my mental list of companies to avoid.
😆 mental ?! I already have my list in my browser bookmarks
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Part of it is literally named teenage engineering! The division working on the earbuds.
Arthur@literature.cafe 4 weeks ago
Teenage Engineering is a hardware design firm that Nothing contracts with for hardware design. They aren’t a division of Nothing and they don’t work on just earbuds.
itchick2014@midwest.social 4 weeks ago
Teenage engineering partnered with Nothing. That isn’t the same thing.
scarabic@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It baffles me because in many of the quotes they are clearly trying to be understanding and respectful toward those who disagree with this, but then they come out and call them children
Ironically, that’s a really childish thing to do.
Boxscape@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
“this is a company for grown ups.”
When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up. – C.S. Lewis
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
If only most CEO’s knew how to read. smh
Teknikal@eviltoast.org 3 weeks ago
Don’t I have one and it’s the only Android device I’ve owned that crashes and reboots almost daily. I can’t recall any other device ever doing it actually.
This company’s all about the next gimmick and couldn’t care less about actually making decent phones.
anon_8675309@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I’m a grown up. I’ve been remote for a decade. I’m pretty successful too.
Telorand@reddthat.com 4 weeks ago
Right? Imagine thinking that working in a cubicle is something to aspire to as a “grown up.” Fuck that. I’ll continue working from home, like an adult, thanks.