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- apple@lemmit.online
- cross-posted to:
- apple@lemmit.online
Is something new releasing? Why is it down?
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Black Friday
Welcome to the tutti-fruitti, phoney-baloney, plastic banana, good time, rock-n-roll Apple PR hype. They do this every year to create astroturf excitement. It’s like they don’t believe in their own products and have to gin-up interest with these little games. Meanwhile, every other major retailer manages to update their site without taking it offline.
who hurt you?
I get that concern trolling is fun, but do you really think that Apple actually needs to take their site offline for things like this? If you do, I’ve got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.
Oh, so everyone. GL!
Who hurt you?
They just added their Black Friday “deals” (nothing is actually cheaper, but you get a gift card to the apple store)
The deals are actually cheaper somewhere else and have a better return policy than Apple official
Even with the gift card there are better deals at retailers.
Yup. Scored a pair of AirPod Pro 2 for $169 at Walmart
I know it’s tradition and all, but why exactly does the store need to “go down” at all?
Just thinking about Amazon, Google, Microsoft, etc.
I can’t remember the last time these other stores had to “go down” in order to stock a new product, or even do an entire front page refresh. It just sort of… happens.
Speaking as a developer, I can think of a few reasons why it would need to go down. But these reasons are merely technical and speak to the developer capability and design of the system. Whomever runs their store is simply not doing things right.
My non dev take is it’s a marketing tactic. Store goes “down” and posts like this one go up. Drives traffic and generates buzz
Exactly it’s a marketing stunt.
Oh no! Anyway.
Super deal at Apple, MacBook Pro slashed from $1299 to $1279
what a joke these black friday sales are. Promo only applies if you buy an old iphone or an inferior mac. This is called a getting rid of old inventory sale.
What do you think Black Friday is for?
I just used the education pricing to save the same money and not get a gift card.
Hmmm 🤔 that’s what I’m thinking
Is there usually an iTunes movie sale on Black Friday?
When is it going to get past that splash screen?
Supposedly it’ll be back up at 12:01am. And since it’s 12:30 in Chicago, probably won’t be back up for another 90 Minutes?
How would any of us know that?
Maybe someone would know by any chance, thought i’d asm
They’re just preparing their lame Black Friday “deals”
50 dollar gift card with full purchase price of MacBook Air or MacBook Pro!!
This is why Apple devices ‘have such good resale value’, because Apple barely has sales.
Windows laptops and Android get deep discounts for sales, making them cheaper to buy new, this resale is low.
People will say the higher resale value is good for them when they want to sell their Apple product, but then thats negated by the fact that Apple has higher prices.
5% off cases for an iPhone 8!!!
(If you buy an iPhone 15 or iPad Pro 3675th gen)!
Why are you even here?
His parents decided to have sex and poof
In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
You can be an Apple user but not like their Black Friday deals.
Lotta people here ain’t the first, tho. Just people who shit on Apple.
The store is up in India, where we have no Black Friday. So I assume it’s down for a Black Friday sale update in the US.
Better than Black Friday in Japan 😭