The Apple Store is down - eviltoast
The Apple Store
www.apple.com

Is something new releasing? Why is it down?

  • WorldlyDay7590@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    They just added their Black Friday “deals” (nothing is actually cheaper, but you get a gift card to the apple store)

  • blumhagen@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    I just used the education pricing to save the same money and not get a gift card.

  • drvenkman9@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    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.

  • Filthy--Ape@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    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.

  • CyberAsura@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    The deals are actually cheaper somewhere else and have a better return policy than Apple official

  • mr_blanket@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    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.

    • cshaiku@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      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.

      • theCalvoKahn@alien.topBEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        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

  • 7-methyltheophylline@alien.topBEnglish
    11·
    10 months ago

    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.

    • viralslapzz@alien.topBEnglish
      11·
      10 months ago

      In Portugal they’re offering like a €50 gift card when buying an AirPods Pro 2 (€279). Not bad if you plan on buying something extra but not good enough to entice me

      • se777enx3@alien.topBEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        Especially when the price on Amazon is lower by the same price they offer you as a gift card (at least in my country).

    • pen_is_mightier@alien.topBEnglish
      11·
      10 months ago

      They already announced it several days ago and has been on their site. It is just giftcards, no discounts or free headphones or anything. Just their basic minimal GC with purchase on older released stuff

    • absentmindedjwc@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Last year, you got a $50 Apple Gift Card with an iphone, a $75 gift card for Airpods, a $50 gift card with Apple Watch, a $50 with iPad, a $250 gift card with a Mac, a $50 with accessories, or a $50 with Beats headphones.

      I imagine it’ll be something similar. Not too terrible if you are looking to upgrade, but meh otherwise.