Apparently in Japan, their Apple Stores just display all their devices without any security tags on them since it’s built within a trust system where an individual is expected to not shoplift (due to shaming culture) as public face and reputation matters to them along with heaps of CCTV and stricter laws. However, try doing the same thing in New York or Seattle and see what happens…
Every time I see these type of videos, comments always be like: “America cant do it cuz the immigrants, democrats, and black people would steal it.” or something like “This is why a homogenous society is more harmonious.”
The actual reason nobody steal them is cuz its tracked…
Only idiots would steal it
Like wtf is this “Japan is a paradise” westerner simping?
Ask a Japanese why they cannot turn of their shutter sound
They can both be true, for example look into the lost and found system in Japan. Japan culture is like what OP says, but yeah it’s fucked up in other ways, that has no bearing on whether they treat stealing differently.
it’s built within a trust system where an individual is expected to not shoplift (due to shaming culture) as public face and reputation matters to them.
It’s because there are tons of security cameras and a super high prosecution rate. It has nothing to do with “shame” or “face” and it drives me crazy when people say stuff like this
People shoplift here every day. Convenience store clerks have basically big paintballs to lob at shoplifters to mark them as they run.
~ someone in Japan over a decade.
However, try doing the same thing in New York or Seattle and see what happens…
Ok, so this isn’t really even a question at all.
I think this is just a thing in Apple Stores. Apple pioneered the Find My technology. Every device has gps baked in and activation lock. Even if you steal it, you can’t use it. You’re also now carrying around a tracking device that law enforcement can use to find you.
It’s because demo units are registered per store.
On top of this, if I remember correctly iPhones 15 and newer have special versions of firmware which do not let you enter DFU mode to remove the demo mode.
I don’t think Apple wants me putting devices out in their stores, with or without security locks, since none of them would be Apple devices. And there’d be nothing for me to gain from the procedure, so even if I technically could, I would never want to.
Oh hell naw. Some fool is gonna dump it all in a duffel bag and ship it off to his plug to send to some country where they just jailbreak them.
edit: lmao, even
