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		x62Bh7948f 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: More on Apple's Trust-Eroding 'F1 the Movie' Walle... It was such a long time ago that the people who made the mistake have already retired, maybe.

msh 9 months ago | [–]

Most of the top management from that time is the same people today.

abcd_f 9 months ago | [–]

U2 stunt was Jobs' idea. He was a life-long fan of them.

Edit - it wasn't, my bad, see below.

latexr 9 months ago | | [–]

The U2 album happened under Cook.

https://www.rnz.de/cms_media/module_img/176/88193_1_detailxs...

abcd_f 9 months ago | | | [–]

Bah, my bad.

This happened in 2014 and Jobs passed in 2011.

ryandrake 9 months ago | | [–]

Didn’t the U2 stunt happen three years after Steve Jobs died?

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