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Apple Store and AppleCare Employees to Receive Free Apple Arcade and Apple TV+ Starting January [Updated]

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Update: MacRumors has obtained what appears to be a legitimate internal bulletin from Apple that indicates both Apple Store and AppleCare support employees from levels S1-S5 will be eligible to receive free access to Apple Arcade and Apple TV+ starting January 6. The bulletin does not mention Apple Music.

Original story follows.



At least some Apple Store employees will receive free access to Apple Music, Apple TV+, and Apple Arcade starting in January, according to 9to5Mac.

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The report claims the perk will be limited to individual use by the employees themselves, so if they wanted to use Family Sharing for any of the services, they would have to pay for a subscription on their own.

It is unclear based on the report if every Apple Store employee will be offered this perk or if the perk will available globally.

Apple can benefit from offering this perk by having more of its employees gain first-hand experience with three of its major services, which can be useful when interacting with customers. It's unclear how long it will last.

Apple Store employees have been offered various perks over the years, such as 50 percent off the purchase of an Apple Watch in 2015.

Top Rated Comments

88 months ago
That'll make the "subscriber" count just that more impressive
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
88 months ago
In other news McDonald’s employees eat free. Gotta give the grunts something.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
88 months ago
Employees are probably thinking, "Gee thanks." It's like getting a subscription to the "Jelly of the Month" club.

Also, this is a great way for Apple to artificially boost their Apple TV+ and Arcade subscription numbers.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
88 months ago
Dag, it would seem that if you want your front line people to support products well, you would have done this awhile ago.
Should have included Apple News...gotta get those sub numbers up...:p
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
88 months ago
It’s better than the Christmas bonus a lot of people got.



It’s better than the perks most people get.
I tell my my kid the same when getting him to eat broccoli.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
88 months ago
Pretty lame Christmas bonus.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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