Apple Pulls Genius Bar TV Spots from YouTube, Apple Site
Apple has ditched its genius ads without explanation.
During the Olympics opening ceremony, Apple debuted three new commercials advertising its Genius Bar. The ads represented the first time Apple had every advertised the Genius Bar or the folks that run it in a television ad. Apple only ran these ads for a short time. When they stopped appearing on our TVs, Apple explained that they were intended only for a 'first run' during the Olympics. However, it seems there may be another reason for ditching the ads so early on.
MacRumors reports that Apple has actually pulled the ads in question from YouTube and removed them from its own website. As MacRumors points out, though Apple does tend to remove older videos from Apple.com and YouTube, commercials tend to stay on the site for quite a while before that happens. Case in point: There are videos dating back to 2010 still on the Cupertino-based company's YouTube channel.
The Genius ads weren't exactly well received when they first aired. Some felt the ads weren't accurate representations of the kinds of questions the folks working at the Genius Bar deal with (instead suggesting that the questions in the video are better suited to one of Apple's one-on-one learning sessions). Others felt the ads made Apple customers look stupid or that they were just a bit too cheesy. Former Apple ad man Ken Segall said he was shocked when he saw the TV spots.
"I honestly can’t remember a single Apple campaign that's been received so poorly," he said of the ads. Of course, not everyone disliked the ads, but the removal of the videos makes it seems as though Apple has taken the criticism to heart.

Hahahaha! Perfect.
What's going to happen next? They stop suing people for stealing the designs they stole?
Hahahaha! Perfect.
What's going to happen next? They stop suing people for stealing the designs they stole?
Only shows that a genious(idiot) is needed to support the real i-Diot users.
edit: I just downloaded all 3 of the ads. going to use this against them in the future.
Nah, don't take it like that. It's just damage control.
Besides, what heart?...
I overheard the following conversation, with a genius:
Customer: Hey bro, i was riding on my fixed gear, and my water bottle came open in my pack, and got all over my pro
"Genius": yeah bro i had that happen to me, i had to get a water bottle holder for my bike
For some reason, i found it hilarious.
But the truth is, most of the issues fielded by the genius bar, are physical damage(entire device replacement) and how to save pictures/videos. The average mac user is far below the curve.
Girl: I just add a hard drive to my computer
Me: Thats cool what kind of computer do you have?
Girl: A MacBook.
Me: (confused and starting to wake up to the situation)
How did you add a hard drive?
Girl: I had to take it to the Mac store three times before they could get my pictures onto the new (external) hard drive they helped me pick out.
Me: (Shakes my head an walks away)
Correct knowing their product is for stupid people who has no knowledge of computers, revealing it bluntly is a bad idea. So they are going to change its name it iGenius bar...
Dumb User: "ooowwww.... I genius? I genius! HAHAHA!"
LOL smart?
LOL you act as if those kids wouldn't have heard worst already. You are one sheltered person.