Amazon quietly updated its app icon, changing the appearance of the ripped packaging tape after some drew comparisons of it to Adolf Hitler's mustache
The company's icon gets a less problematic new look — Amazon has quietly rolled out a slight update to its new app icon that it debuted …
The Verge Chaim Gartenberg
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Complex
Gavin Evans
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Amazon Switches Look of App Icon After People Compare It to Hitler's Mustache
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@bkransford
Britton
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This kind of stuff is so bonkers to me, though. “We know it's not Hitler — and we know you don't support Hitler. But it *could* be a Hitler mustache. You know, if it was Hitler, of course, and not an Amazon logo. And for that reason, I'm offended.”
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@prdyt
Saleem Pheku
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And we thought the person who wanted Myntra to change their logo was jobless https://www.theverge.com/...
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@jasonkneen
Jason Kneen
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Because hitler had a blue piece of tape for a moustache. We have reached peak offensiveness. 🤦🏻♂ ️ https://twitter.com/...
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@kfcbarstool
KFC
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As a man who quickly had to change his logo because of lunatics who said they saw a swastika, I sympathize with you @JeffBezos https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@danfrakes
Dan Frakes
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I didn't notice the “mustache” before, and now I can't unsee it, even with the updated icon. https://www.theverge.com/...
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@kantrowitz
Alex Kantrowitz
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I see, the whole don't make the logo look like Hitler requirement got lost somewhere in the creative brief https://twitter.com/...
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@caraboo900
Care-uh
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I...what?? It's tape xD some tape has triangle edges like that https://twitter.com/...
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@katiecasper
Kat Casper
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Looks like the dude who revamped Google's icons is working his graphic design magic at Amazon now. https://twitter.com/...
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@alexhern
Alex Hern
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unsurprisingly they did not send out a press release to announce the second redesign