Discussion
Apple
jasoneckert: It's a nice animation, but for such a significant anniversary - and from a company like Apple - I expected a lot more hoopla and content.
jgbuddy: Agreed
irickt: Seems to me that they are simple saying its not important:"At 50 years, it’s only natural to look back. But Apple has always looked forward, building tools and delivering experiences that enrich people’s lives. As we celebrate how far we’ve come, we’re inspired by where we’ll go — together."And, no, I don't think they left it to chance.Also there's an art video to go with the art animation.
freehorse: This is the link to the video for future reference when the homepage changes back (assuming the url to the video may stay)https://www.apple.com/105/media/us/home/2026/84ec8a66-d69d-4...
jedberg: All the roads around the Apple Spaceship were closed yesterday, and I was surprised I didn't see any news about announcements. Apparently they just closed the roads for their 50th birthday party?
ErneX: They had a bunch of artists playing live at some Apple Stores, they even got Paul McCartney doing a concert at their HQ.
afandian: I see people mentioning an animation? I see only a large apple logo and some words. What else are people seeing?(Firefox on Mac OS. Also Safari on Mac OS)
lapcat: You won't see it if Reduced Motion is enabled in Accessibility Settings.
01-_-: I'd like to congratulate the company on the excellent products and services they've provided and the security they offer.
gordon_freeman: If there is one company I'd say that has made a significant (positive) difference in my life, I'd say it is Apple.
fastaguy88: Amusingly, 15 min ago, the animation was only visible on Chrome. Now (1600 UTC-4), it is animated on Safari.
ChrisArchitect: Associated Tim Cook letter (from a few weeks ago): https://www.apple.com/50-years-of-thinking-different/
layer8: Click on the “<< REW” at the bottom. Though I haven’t tried if it works on Firefox.
afandian: No such button on my machine. Even when I disable 'reduce motion' per my other comment.(I did try on my iPhone and the REW button is present)
layer8: The button links to: https://www.apple.com/105/media/us/home/2026/84ec8a66-d69d-4...
mojuba: You are not alone.15 years ago I was thinking about switching my career to a different industry altogether, just didn't know what it would be. One thing I knew was that I was so tired of building web sites and backends. Boring, repetitive, uninspiring.Then a friend asked me to write a simple iPhone app. I had no idea what development for Apple platforms would be like...Fast forward to 2026, I'm 57 now, still in tech, building apps for Apple platforms, still enjoying it very much.
jondwillis: I’ve had the exact opposite journey. Native apps, disillusioned and frustrated with the backwards tooling, moved on to more open platforms (web apps and backends)
gordon_freeman: The durability of their products still surprises me. I still own and use iPhone 11 (still it is my first iPhone when I switched from Android). Still getting latest iOS updates and functioning very well and may last for 2 more years. What other phone could do this?
hexasquid: Not exactly "heres to the crazy ones" anymore eh
