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		NBJack on July 10, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple plans a slow, appointment-only rollout of Vi... It doesn't make sense economically, and it is likely a side effect of a metric used on employee performance. Quick sale -> less time in store -> more time to help those that (actually!) need it. If you truly can't be bothered to take the money for an unambiguous transaction, Something Is Broken.

hindsightbias on July 10, 2023 [–]

You’re not a candidate for upselling and both they and you know you’re going to wait or walk over to Best Buy and get an iPhone.

Revenue lost = 0

The percentage of HN types storming out screaming “I’m going to just go buy Android” is a rounding error.

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