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Apple Previews New Store in Miami With a Unique Feature on the Roof
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I was about to post that the right angles look a bit off (given the curved roof), but your dynamic island took it too far.
All true, and it is also true that rooftop gardens are not a new or unique thing.
The real problem is that Apple Marketing felt the need to dress it up in such wanker language.
It's 5 miles from Apple Lincoln Road store but that store is always packed. And it's 1.2 miles from Apple Brickell City Centre (25 min walk but I wouldn't walk in that area). I'm always over there for concerts at New World Symphony or the clubs downtown Miami.
Do you think architects and civil engineers are so stupid to not prepare the building infrastructure to host those gardens?
Expand your mind, we are in the 21st Century, and even the old city of Babylon had them, one of the Wonders of the World.
All rooftops not in use for other purposes should be like this, lots of benefits.
When you see shop palaces like this, you know where all the hard-earned money that customers put into Apple is.
It's to make the shopping experience better. Remember Apple Stores also host classes and other events.
This is comparable to when shop at a farmers market instead of Walmart.
Or visit a strip mall instead of a big mall.
Or buy water from the guy on the street instead of from a convenience store.
Or visit a Citgo instead of a a Wawa.
Completely nonsensical comparisons. A great deal of effort is simply put into conveying exclusivity and cultivating a luxurious image. But no Apple product is exclusive, It is just a mass-produced and sold at a multiple of the production price. Unlike a designer dress for thousands of dollars and, of course, unlike a handmade product from the farmers' market.
If a shop offers courses and events - again, it's just about selling products. It's just f***ing marketing - nothing else. And Apple can go to the trouble of doing that because they make an incredible amount of money. The vast majority of Apple customers get absolutely nothing from the stores.
But in times when we buy what we want and not what we need, a shopping experience is very important. Otherwise, there wouldn't be the feeling of having to have something because it looks so great and is presented so beautifully.
Your complain is non-sensical. If it’s a marketing move…. what’s wrong with that?
Most products are mass-produced, to bring the price down. What’s wrong with that.
You could buy a $10 watch or a $5000 Gucci watch. Are you saying Gucci watches are overpriced?
What’s wrong with making money? Nothing. What’s wrong is not making money. Perhaps that’s your situation and all you can afford is a free Android phone by T-Mobile.
Can you go on the roof and enjoy the scenery?
No?
Then it's just another BS woke-like sentiment.
No?
Then it's just another BS woke-like sentiment.
Well, most products become cheaper to manufacture through mass production. It's a question of how fairly the products are sold in the end. An iPhone doesn't cost much more to produce than a cheap Android phone. But it sells for 4 times as much.
It's not about Apple making money. It's about what we customers have to pay for products, and that's more because Apple builds also palaces to admire itself.
The fact that you compare an everyday object (like a computer) to a luxury item says a lot about how twisted your views are ... and it says even more about you when you insult me without knowing me because of a few critical words.
I have the right to criticise Apple for putting my money into these stupid Apple Stores, don't I?
I would like to hear about a price reduction (or simply that prices do not rise any further) and not about the next great Apple Store!
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