Some Things You Can’t Un-See: Die, Zune, Die

21 November 2008 | 11:24 AM

I realize that I’m a hardcore Apple apologist, and that my preference for products with the company’s logo on them might make me a little biased about other companies’ stuff. That said, I think I’m on safe ground when I say that Microsoft would’ve been better served to never have created their god-awful “iPod killer”, the Zune. While its failure is the stuff of legend in the tech world, Redmond continues to push it upon the world, valiantly tilting at Apple’s windmills in the hopes of gaining even a zillionth of its market-share. One of the more hilariously Microsoftian elements of the product is the notion that you can “squirt” DRM-laden music from one Zune to another for some sort of social listening experience. Trust me, after seeing this ad (which, admittedly, is probably a fake), you won’t want to get within 500 yards of your average Zune user:

When one can easily relate your product to explosive (albeit colorful) diarrhea, perhaps that’s a good time for your company to ask if perhaps you’ve miscalculated a bit. Although, in my own experience, it’s pretty customary for Microsoft products to perform like shit, so maybe this is apropos?

Posted by Andy in Nerdapalooza