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Re:The Genius Bar in a country where iPhones can’t legally b... by pertymcpert on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @11:09PM (#37579990)
There are still tons of fake apple stores in China. They're also in prominent places that you'd expect Apple to open, not in small side streets etc.
Re:The Genius Bar in a country where iPhones can’t legally b... by oefrha on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @11:52PM (#37580190)
Apple has lots of authorized resellers. Apple’s official site has a locator: https://locate.apple.com/sales or https://locate.apple.com/cn/zh/sales.

Not being an official Apple Store doesn’t mean it’s fake, especially if it’s in a prominent mall or something.

Re:The Genius Bar in a country where iPhones can’t legally b... by pertymcpert on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @03:10AM (#37581281)
I'm very well aware what they are. Authorized resellers are not supposed to look like real Apple stores.

If you see an "Apple Store" that looks real but isn't an official Apple Store then it's fake, or its an authorized reseller that if Apple finds out about them will lose their status as a reseller.

Re:The Genius Bar in a country where iPhones can’t legally b... by midasuni on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @09:09AM (#37583671)
What a terrible site. It assumes I am only interested in sites near where it thinks I am. I type in “Cairo” and get no results at all. Amman comes out with a village in Wales.
Re:The Genius Bar in a country where iPhones can’t legally b... by c22 on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @12:05PM (#37585915)
Lol, I blocked the location request and it still limited my results to the region geolocated by my IP.
Re:The Genius Bar in a country where iPhones can’t legally b... by radicaldreamer on Friday September 22, 2023 @02:59PM (#37616203)
You'd almost think they don't want people to scrape where the authorized retailers are outside of their immediate location