I'm mad about Apple's packaging today
Apple wraps all of their laptops in the densist cardboard ever perfectly packaging the MacBook or Studio inside (I do corporate IT). But because their normal box is so covered with iconic branding and weird bullshit to make the "unboxing experience" worth it that they ship their shit in a SECOND EQUALLY DENSE BOX!
It's such wasteful packaging especially compared to the Dell Laptops we also buy that are obviously trying to use the least amount of cardboard possible to ship their machines. The weight difference of the boxes alone is like a pound it's insane!
And on top of all of that, I can re-use the Dell boxes. The Mac boxes have these pull tabs so it doesn't use tape and it preserves the unboxing experience. So when I set up these damn laptops and then I need to ship them out, I have to go get a brand new box from the warehouse because the box it came in is unusable!
Tl:Dr: Apple cares more about "the experience" than sustainability and it makes me laugh at their stupid mother nature commercial
Nagaram
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