ifoapplestore.com— Apple have began to block access to MySpace.com in it's retail stores, as too many people appear to be hogging the computers to access the cesspool.
Apr 24, 2006View in Crawl 4
@cphuntington97 ... My friend would never buy a mac because the display models always had more ram than the default configurations for sale...:-) I assume your friend is never going to buy a new car because the show room models are always loaded with options. Or never buy a new home because the model homes are always loaded with extras. Has he been in America long? :-)
And that's my experience of the Apple Store in London. Full of foreign tourist youths checking their webmail or looking up London tourist information.For anyone actually looking to try the machines out, a real disappointment.
Apple is a computer store.. As in the are looking to sell computers. The majority of their market does not use my space. If you want to use my space and do not own a computer there are these places called "Library's" I don't know if you have heard of them or not.
ms has over 70 million users,what are the chances one of those users will walk into the apple store.as much resentment i have towards myspace i firmly believe it will affect salesas one can possibly assume if they buy a mac it won't work with myspace
I find it hard to believe that this is an issue. Too long in any store would usually generate some attention to the parties involved and should squelch any such activity; If someone logs into their myspace, for say under 30 minutes; but if you see someone on one of your stores demo macs for a long period of time, it seems easy, and the polite thing to do, enough to let them know that "others in the store might be interested in trying out somethings on the computer that you are currently using. Could you please move along"? That would eliminate any hard feelings and open up a station for others to use. I have often felt pretty pissed when I come in to the apple store at Arden Mall in Sacramento to show a potential customer something on one of their pc's only to find that there is not one available for our use so we spend our time playing around with an i-pod or something. Very very annoying.Thirty minute time limits might help to eliminate such frustrations for those mac enthusiasts as myself.just a thought. PEACE.
I was just in the Apple store in Atlantic City and they wouldn't let me login to MySpace. Claimed that it slows down their network and affects the cash registers - yet the site isn't blocked - and there's obviously no logic in how it would effect the network not being a bandwidth intensive site. The main issue is that these stores don't want young teens coming in and using the computers all day to chat with friends and such. In a sense, I understand, but at the same time I don't think this really poses a big threat.
"i think restricting their machines is a poor idea if they are trying to sell to potential switchers."While I agree generally, 13 year old girls jumping around in front of the cameras in PhotoBooth and asking the Mac Specialists "like, where's that photo thingy?" are not buying computers, they're hogging them. Meanwhile people coming into the store don't want to be rude, and so they don't get a chance to play with the Macs unless there's a Mac Specialist helping them who's willing to kick off the kids from myspace.A lot of people just come into the Apple stores to check their email and such, they're not there to buy computers. But Apple's hoping the Mac experience will sort of grow on them and they'll eventually buy. It's certainly better than the experience at other stores where you can't even get on the internet and you may even have to ask a sales person to unlock the screensaver for you before you can even mess with the computers on display.Apple even start blocking proxy sites because the kids were accessing myspace through proxies. Why don't they go get their myspace fix at home?
mynameisfredApr 24, 2006
@cphuntington97 ... My friend would never buy a mac because the display models always had more ram than the default configurations for sale...:-) I assume your friend is never going to buy a new car because the show room models are always loaded with options. Or never buy a new home because the model homes are always loaded with extras. Has he been in America long? :-)
timalmondApr 24, 2006
And that's my experience of the Apple Store in London. Full of foreign tourist youths checking their webmail or looking up London tourist information.For anyone actually looking to try the machines out, a real disappointment.
ceriumApr 24, 2006
Apple is a computer store.. As in the are looking to sell computers. The majority of their market does not use my space. If you want to use my space and do not own a computer there are these places called "Library's" I don't know if you have heard of them or not.
Closed AccountApr 25, 2006
Good, i hate seeing people going on it in the public libraries too. They f**king take the computers for that!?
sparkmonkeyzApr 25, 2006
YAY, finnaly. Now maybe I can get a chance at the G5 hooked up to the 30 in. Apple Cinema Display. Thats true digging.
sfacetsApr 26, 2006
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ridebmxMay 3, 2006
yeah thats true, but how many of those profiles are fake!!!!!!??
ridebmxMay 3, 2006
ms has over 70 million users,what are the chances one of those users will walk into the apple store.as much resentment i have towards myspace i firmly believe it will affect salesas one can possibly assume if they buy a mac it won't work with myspace
stuarteaMay 4, 2006
Just saw the story on Diggnation, just goes to show how quickly stories change. <a class="user" href="http://www.ifoapplestore.com/2006/04/23/some-stores-now-blocking-myspacecom/">http://www.ifoapplestore.com/2006/04/23/some-stores-now-blocking-myspacecom/</a>"Update: I'm now told that the blocking was not the result of a corporate decision%u2026 which makes sense because Apple actually encourages visitors to use the computers for all sorts of non-demo purposes. In fact, when Apple%u2019s management found out about the blocking, they ordered the local stores to cease the practice. "So there you go, they won't be stopping myspace it seems.
mpresdmOct 21, 2006
I find it hard to believe that this is an issue. Too long in any store would usually generate some attention to the parties involved and should squelch any such activity; If someone logs into their myspace, for say under 30 minutes; but if you see someone on one of your stores demo macs for a long period of time, it seems easy, and the polite thing to do, enough to let them know that "others in the store might be interested in trying out somethings on the computer that you are currently using. Could you please move along"? That would eliminate any hard feelings and open up a station for others to use. I have often felt pretty pissed when I come in to the apple store at Arden Mall in Sacramento to show a potential customer something on one of their pc's only to find that there is not one available for our use so we spend our time playing around with an i-pod or something. Very very annoying.Thirty minute time limits might help to eliminate such frustrations for those mac enthusiasts as myself.just a thought. PEACE.
mattskkyMar 15, 2007
I was just in the Apple store in Atlantic City and they wouldn't let me login to MySpace. Claimed that it slows down their network and affects the cash registers - yet the site isn't blocked - and there's obviously no logic in how it would effect the network not being a bandwidth intensive site. The main issue is that these stores don't want young teens coming in and using the computers all day to chat with friends and such. In a sense, I understand, but at the same time I don't think this really poses a big threat.
Closed AccountApr 26, 2007
"i think restricting their machines is a poor idea if they are trying to sell to potential switchers."While I agree generally, 13 year old girls jumping around in front of the cameras in PhotoBooth and asking the Mac Specialists "like, where's that photo thingy?" are not buying computers, they're hogging them. Meanwhile people coming into the store don't want to be rude, and so they don't get a chance to play with the Macs unless there's a Mac Specialist helping them who's willing to kick off the kids from myspace.A lot of people just come into the Apple stores to check their email and such, they're not there to buy computers. But Apple's hoping the Mac experience will sort of grow on them and they'll eventually buy. It's certainly better than the experience at other stores where you can't even get on the internet and you may even have to ask a sales person to unlock the screensaver for you before you can even mess with the computers on display.Apple even start blocking proxy sites because the kids were accessing myspace through proxies. Why don't they go get their myspace fix at home?