You're right. Here I shop only online, I haven't been in a store (other than grocery store) for at least 5 years. When I buy something online, they deliver it same day to my doorstep, so why would I not. You can (for a small fee) use their service to pick up returned items (or return them yourself at their service center with no charge)

Physical Apple Store purchases too - https://www.apple.com/legal/sales-support/sales-policies/ret...

Apple integrates their online store with their B&M locations so closely it really wouldn't make any sense for them to have different return policies.