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I miss how much color there was back then
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Now color is used as a marketing trick.
"This generation of Iphones comes in new colours never before seen on an Iphone! So you better buy the latest one or people will think you are poor."
"More features? Why you'd need that? You got different colours!"
So in my eyes, it is yet an other good thing ruined by marketing.
I mean, the items in this post were definitely made that way for marketing. The color of the plastic doesn't change the functionality at all but it often was more expensive to get the special colors, or only limited quantities were produced. "Special editions" is a tried and true marketing tactic that goes back much further than the 90s.
Translucent plastic serves an important function in prisons, where guards are scared prisoners will hide contraband in computers.
How has color ever been used for anything other than trying to make your product look more appealing?
Looking pretty is probably top of the list but there is also:
Yo man the job site guys who are arguing over color tools are just trying to fill the shitty day and get a check.
I mean, maybe if your product is something where the color is part of the function, like paint or such
This is incredibly try-hard mate. Don’t let Apple live rent free in your head like that lol