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Congratulations on being promoted to “associate”! appleinsider.com/articles/22/02…

One of them happens to be a unionized store 🤔

THIS is how you do an Apple Museum. I got invited to the exclusive opening of the Apple Museum in Utrecht, which felt like the perfect way to celebrate 50 years of the company that has shaped my life for the past 16 years. But this is not just another collection. Through their unique displays, the museum conveys the core values and philosophies of Steve Jobs: seeing art in technology, approaching concepts in new ways, and paying attention to the smallest details. I couldn’t stop smiling. If you’re a fan of Apple, this is not only a must-visit, but probably one of the greatest Apple experiences you’ll ever have. Shot entirely on Apple Vision Pro.

Apple's Eddy Cue reveals the logic behind charging $0.99 a song when the company launched iTunes Store in 2003, despite the fact that Apple would lose money at that price: "There were two keys to $0.99 that we really believed in, and people didn't see." "Number one is when the price is $0.99, and it's consistent, you never have to think about price." "The second thing was that people could never do that, because at $0.99, if you're charging a credit card, you would lose money. Because credit cards have a fixed fee and a percentage that you pay." "Well, the fixed fee and the percentage you pay on a $0.99 song was like a quarter, and the vast majority of the [rest of] the money went to the labels. So every time we'd sell a song, we'd lose money. Nobody wanted to do that." "What we decided to do is, as we were building this — and it was a huge discussion, because we would lose a ton of money — we said, 'Look, this thing is amazing. You're not going to buy just one song, you're going to buy a lot of songs.'" "'And when you do that, instead of closing the transaction on every single one, why don't we just combine them over a period of time? Let's keep the transaction open for a period of time — let's call it 24 hours, or 8 hours. And everything you buy, we're just going to give you, then we're going to charge you at the end.'" "And that's exactly what happened. Very few transactions were just $0.99. Most of the transactions were multiple dollars. And the fixed fee didn't matter."

lmfao fucking genius move by Apple. Siri now becomes the #1 AI model without ever running its own model or spending a dollar on training 😂 let me explain: - Claude, chatgpt, gemini can now plug into Siri’s 2.5 billion users - so Siri becomes the default interface for AI chatbots = gets ALL the credit - Apple will likely tax 30% of all chatgpt, claude subs via appstore = more $$$$$ - Apple becomes the distribution layer for everyone else’s AI. taxes the app layer - oh and apple STILL HAS ACCESS to gemini’s model weights to build their own fucking foundation model 😂 silver lining for anthropic: they’ve been behind in consumer users - now apple gives them access to 2.5B of them 👍🏽👍🏽 the AI economy will run on ios and apple and they barely lifted a finger to do it genius

@oscarf00 They don’t care about troubleshooting anymore, they want us to upsell to new phone/ipad/mac, sell accessories, sign ppl up for Services, add Apple Care, get biz intro and do all that in 15 minutes.

@DepotGenius Genius role is not what it used to be. I was taught to troubleshoot and repair, nowadays is depot this, depot that and less time for repairs, iPhone repair seemed to have taken a majority of the genius repair time. I was lucky to have gone to Cup for training.

As I was going through the headcount of who all got fired in the Genius Bar at my store, I don’t know if it was a coincident, but everyone genius who was fired were the last group of ppl who actually had gone to Cupertino for Genius training! #appleanons #geniusbar #applepurge

@fruitharvester I think it was bucuz all the ppl from one ARS that had closed went to another store so they had to meet headcount after a year. Of course, management all said nobody’s job would be in jeopardy but you can’t operate at one store with almost twice the staff with the same budget.

@DepotGenius Why were so many fired???

@creativeproZAC Damn! Hope you’re better. Yea they tell ppl that all the time until you run pass the allowable limits for being gone.

@DepotGenius Yup. I was “separated” in 2025 after an aneurysm rupture that almost killed me and a series of complications that caused me to require months of additional recovery. I was initially told take as much time as you need. We are here to support you. As if

Has this been happening at your store? So in the past 5 months they’ve fired 4 Genius, 2 Tech Expert, 1 Expert, 1 Pro, 1 Manager, 4 Specialists. Aside from the Specialist, all of them have been with the company for almost 10 years all older in their 40s & 50s. Ageism?

in case you’re wondering where the “i’m a Mac and i’m a PC” guys are today, they’re doing “i’m Ozempic and i’m other GLP-1” ads on tiktok

@LindaLominger Tim Cook just needs to retire already.

Wow. SO much bullshit in one article. gizmodo.com/apple-reported…

Anonymous I manage a fast-food joint. Lunch rush. A guy came in and screamed at my cashier because his burger had pickles. He threw the burger at her. She’s 16. It’s her first job. She ran to the back crying. I walked out from the kitchen. I picked up the burger. I looked at the guy. "Get out," I said. "But my refund—" "Get. Out." I said. "You don't get to treat people like trash for $5." He left. I went to the back. My cashier was wiping her eyes. "I'm sorry," she sobbed. "I messed up." "You didn't mess up," I told her. "Pickles are a mistake. Cruelty is a choice." I gave her the rest of the day off with pay. Protect your team. The customer isn't always right. Sometimes the customer is just a bully.

Just a reminder. #appleanons

This is how I flirt when trying to get extra chicken on my expensive chipotle burrito bowl. Cuz mall food is getting too expensive!

As if they aren’t breathing down the ARS employees neck already #appleanons

It was never going to be a quick merger. Each side have to try to keep their “secret juice” and not go full merger.

Apple Cancels iPhone Upgrade Program in the U.K. It doesn’t affect the US market…at least not yet. #applenews #appleanons forbes.com/sites/davidphe…

Yay! Repair pick ups & drop off are now appointments 🙄🙄

@pascal_bornet Even if this was real, I wouldn’t want to put my feet wear other ppl’s funky feet have been 🤣

👟 Japan just reinvented how we wear shoes — and it might change the entire footwear industry. A startup in Japan has unveiled a self-sizing sneaker pod that automatically scans your feet, adjusts its fit, and 3D-prints your perfect pair — all within minutes. No guessing sizes. No waste from mass production. Just personalized comfort, built precisely for you. The innovation: An integrated pod uses AI vision, pressure mapping, and robotic 3D printing to measure your foot shape, gait, and weight distribution — then prints a shoe that adapts as you move. Why it matters: The global footwear industry produces over 20 billion pairs a year — most in standardized sizes that don’t fit perfectly and generate enormous waste. This shift toward on-demand, personalized manufacturing could transform not just comfort, but sustainability. New possibilities unlocked: → Zero-inventory shoe stores → Custom footwear for athletes and medical use → Fully circular production powered by local pods To me, this is the kind of innovation that blends human design and AI precision — solving both personal and global challenges at once. Would you wear sneakers that are made for you, by a robot, in real time? #AI #Innovation #Technology #Design #Manufacturing #3DPrinting #Sustainability #Engineering #FutureOfWork #Japan

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