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Sep 3, 2010

Steve Jobs on iTunes 10 Icon Lambasting: "We Disagree"

That's what he said to designer Joshua Kopac when he told him that the iTunes 10 logo "really" sucks. No, not "prepare to die". I mean "We disagree."

Kopac:
Steve,
Enjoyed the presentation today. But…this new iTunes logo really sucks. You're taking 10+ years of instant product recognition and replacing it with an unknown. Let's both cross our fingers on this…
Jobs:
We disagree.
Sent from my iPhone
Well, I must admit that I completely agree with Steve Jobs and disagree with Joshua Kopac. The iTunes 10 icon doesn't "suck" and this is not about brand recognition. The iTunes 10 icon is an inane, insipid piece of shiny bore that one of the designers for Windows Vista vomited after having an orgy of sex and tropical cocktails with a stock clipart rep back in 1994. Someone found it fossilized in a dumpster, polished it, and then shoved it inside the resources folder of that bloated piece of software that some people call iTunes and I call iTurd.

Yes, I feel much better now, thank you very much.

36 comments:

Drea said...

I don't know... First of all, the CD in the background had to go. It's way year 2000. My guess is Apple wanted something that could work on every platform, desktop or mobile. Either way, they could afford to change the icon to a stegosaurus wearing 3D glasses cause iTunes is such a strong brand.

RobertoTheBlade said...

YES STEVE! Get in there!

Prime said...

urg

Garbanian said...

Eh, I gave up on iTunes when it kept adding all my music 4 times. I'm using Winamp now, never happier.

Chris said...

Drea makes a strong point! Interesting read :)

Skyshock said...

idk whats wrong with it.

Red Baron said...

jobs=antichrist ?! *gasp

Jeffy said...

I love the itunes 10 logo!

Ionutz said...

not going to die because of apple

Dynexia said...

cool

Oliver Williams said...

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Anonymous said...

that was interesting to read ! good job keep it up

Cap'n Jack said...

Personally I don't mind iTunes that much, but nicely written.

WakeOfBuzzards said...

Hate apple so much...

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Discerning Gentleman said...

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Anonymous said...

haha, oh steve, your so carazy...

Joshua la Joshua said...

lold hard

sod_roger001 said...

meh...i guese they dont need to worry about logo recognition

KC. said...

Split decision from this one judge:

I think the new logo is less interesting than the old one. At the same time, it's more modern Web 2.0-ish and conforms with the look and feel the current and coming graphix trend.

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Anonymous said...

At first I didn't know how to feel about the new logo, but then I looked at the old iTunes logo, and found that it's pretty bland.
It's simply because we've become accustomed to the old logo and it might be hard to adjust to the new one. Besides, who even uses CDs anymore?

Anonymous said...

Comin' at you bro.

Anonymous said...

*sigh*
steve..
http://groups.google.com/group/blowguna

Mayhem said...

I guess he really has the money to make anyone "disappear" anyway!

dailynews said...

steevee !

dailynews said...

stevee!!

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Swarmster said...

lol i never saw it that way, but you make a good point =)

old said...

That's just terrible

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Dilly Skates said...

fricking steeve jobs.

Anon said...

Great post, I noticed this last night upon upgrading iTunes

Anonymous said...

I agree

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