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Amazon changes app logo that 'resembles Adolf Hitler'
- Thread starter whatsinaname
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It's supposed to be tape, to get the icon to look like one of their boxes
which yeah is stupid as fuck lol. Also all the Amazon packages I get have black tape? So did they try it with black, went no that looks like Hitler, made it blue because ??? painter's tape??, and people still thought it looked like Hitler? And now it looks like Aang from Avatar lol
I was getting worried that everyone on this site had me blocked or something.
That's true, he died 43 years ago, so until we invent time travel, no one born after his death could have met and personally got to know him.
But I'm pretty sure his likeness is still very recognisable to ton of people under 40. Things like The Great Dictator and many of his other works still appear fairly often in TV.
would you want your company to have any association with hitler? quietly changing it is the best course of action for them
anyway now that the tweet pointed it out to me, I see it clear as day lmao
I don't think anyone is freaking out.
It's more a general exasperation with people and the state of things.
It's like you wake up tomorrow and people are boycotting Pillsbury doughboy because the mascot is white with blue eyes, clearly a supremacist icon. Like why
Who is boycotting Amazon?
Logo designers (and the companies that pay big money for them) go to great lengths to ensure their logos don't have unanticipated hidden meanings. I think it's fair to say this logo looked A LITTLE BIT like a Hitler moustache above a mouth. Of course it makes sense to adjust it.
That doesn't remind me of Hitler at all.
Looking at it now, it's a stretch to say I'd think the blue tape part on the original icon was hair with a smile.
Looking at it now, it's a stretch to say I'd think the blue tape part on the original icon was hair with a smile.
Same. I think people are just out there looking for this shit.
What? no one is boycotting it was an example lol
They are only changing the logo because people are making a fuss about it which is bad for business. It looks nothing like Hitler, people will see what they want to see.
