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Microsoft Team Parody of iPod Packaging (2006)

Brant Walsh · Comedy · YouTube title: Microsoft Re-Designs the iPod Packaging
Why it's here

HN commenters bring it up whenever Microsoft product naming, branding or marketing is confusing, pointing to it as a long-running self-aware critique.

What it covers

A 2006 parody made by a Microsoft team that shows how the company would redesign iPod packaging, with a box piled with feature claims, logos and clutter in contrast to Apple's clean design.