Smug Little Twit’ Mac Guy Gets Heaved From Apple Campaign

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In reaction to an apparent country-wide disdain for Apple’s Mac Guy in its current campaign, the company will not ask Mac Guy Justin Long back for the next iteration of the campaign. Calling the Mac Guy a “smug little twit,” Slate ad critic Seth Stevenson think Apple is “parodying its own image while also cementing it.” This is what passes for big news in our industry. Next

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