I think they’re legally required to put those in there. As far as I know a quick start guide and certification information has to be included. The rest of the user manual is in the Books app.
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New iPads Don't Come With Apple Stickers in the Box
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I saw a woman with a sticker on her MacBook years ago. I thought isn’t one Apple logo enough?
I smell hypocrisy and virtue signalling here.
While I don't care about the stickers myself, if Apple wanted to save the environment they'd better have maintained compatibility with existing accessories such as the Magic Keyboard. Forcing many people to buy a new keyboard to replace a perfectly working one has a significantly more negative impact on the environment than including a sticker in the box ;-)
While I don't care about the stickers myself, if Apple wanted to save the environment they'd better have maintained compatibility with existing accessories such as the Magic Keyboard. Forcing many people to buy a new keyboard to replace a perfectly working one has a significantly more negative impact on the environment than including a sticker in the box ;-)
I understand why they're getting rid of them, but as a kid I loved them. They're great for free advertising with the youth imo.
That, and most people just throw them out or leave them in the box anyways. They were nice to have as kind of collectibles, but this is the one thing I’m okay with Apple leaving out for the sake of environmental friendliness (unlike a charging brick).
Doomed, I say
I had a huge stack of these for a while. Never used them, but I'll sure miss them. End of an era. RIP.
I had a huge stack of these for a while. Never used them, but I'll sure miss them. End of an era. RIP.
Never had much use for them myself, but I know timmy-tightwad is happy! 🪙
When I was younger I would slap one on the rear passenger window of my car. These days I wanna be more incognito given how many crazy people are running around. Don’t want some blue haired nut job with a horseshoe in their nose yelling out that I’m an elitist. 😜
When I was younger I would slap one on the rear passenger window of my car. These days I wanna be more incognito given how many crazy people are running around. Don’t want some blue haired nut job with a horseshoe in their nose yelling out that I’m an elitist. 😜
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So, is this a future?
People in my thread here about “new” logoless iMacs said that I can put a sticker on the front. Looks like nope because it won’t come with it in a box I guess🤣
Sure we all can say “those are useless, blah blah blah, unnecessary waste” but… it was a small piece of old Apple culture, Apple inc that I personally used to know. There were even people who collected these stickers just for fun. Somewhere on the web there is even an image of a car that had its back fully furnished with thousands of these small stickers lol. It cost them 0.01$ and still they decided not to put them inside
People in my thread here about “new” logoless iMacs said that I can put a sticker on the front. Looks like nope because it won’t come with it in a box I guess🤣
Sure we all can say “those are useless, blah blah blah, unnecessary waste” but… it was a small piece of old Apple culture, Apple inc that I personally used to know. There were even people who collected these stickers just for fun. Somewhere on the web there is even an image of a car that had its back fully furnished with thousands of these small stickers lol. It cost them 0.01$ and still they decided not to put them inside
I have the original Apple rainbow stickers that came with my Macintosh SE/30 way back in 1989
Would be cool if the stickers were random designs, and like there's a chance you get a rare one. But I guess people would abuse Apple's generous refund policy just to get the rare ones.
Those might actually be worth something.
If anyone ever asked me to summarize the Apple community's engagement, I'd point them to this thread. Can you even imagine a Microsoft/Android sticker discussion thread?!
Sure ditch the stickers but make sure any existing pencil won’t work with a new iPad so that will need to be tossed too.
But it’s for the environment!
But it’s for the environment!