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[-] Kase@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I was genuinely taught by my churh not to use apple products for this exact reason. The youth leaders went on a whole tangent about the symbolism. They thought Apple, the company, was trying to trick us all into satanism.

It was a little bit like that video of the lady preaching about Monster energy drinks. Oh, and you better believe they showed us all that video unironically.

But c'mon, at least Monster is supposed to be edgy. Apple is literally just an apple. Insanity, I tell you

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

Well I'm pretty sure that is the symbolism they were using, and either implying it gives your freedom or knowledge, I assume the former. It's a pretty good symbol if you agree that eating the theoretical apple is actually a good thing.

[-] Kase@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

That's a cool way to look at it! I got curious so I looked it up, and I found an interview with the guy who designed the logo, and he said it's a myth.

Of course, I'll add that there might be more to the story than that. IIRC the name was chosen before the logo, so this doesn't rule out that the name itself was a reference to the bible story. Also, if it was, I kinda doubt that Apple would openly confirm it now, knowing it could cause them to lose some of their customers. 🤷

[-] rufus@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Isn't the story, nobody came up with a good name for the company and Steve Jobs said you have x days to come up with a name I like, or I just call it Apple? And they didn't?

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