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> Apple doesn't send out marketing messages and obeys their customers' marketing email preferences ... except .. when you buy a new iPhone and then they send em
by plagiarist 9mo ago
> Apple doesn't send out marketing messages and obeys their customers' marketing email preferences ... except .. when you buy a new iPhone and then they send emails about "Your new iPhone lets you try Apple TV for 3 months free!" and then more emails about "You have Apple Music for 3 months free!"
That's "transactional" I'm sure. It makes sense that a company is legally allowed to send transactional emails, but they all abuse it to send marketing bullshit wherever they can blur the line.
- chrisjj 9mo agoHow is it transactional in any way? It looks to me like post-transaction upsell, pure and simple.
- plagiarist 9mo agoI 100% agree with you, but it seems like the courts do not. Even while they were functioning.
- chrisjj 9mo agoHas this been actually tested in court, though.
- duskdozer 9mo agoIt's not, but it's their justification