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Tech giant Apple introduced a new Verification process in the we to ensure that customers who wish to benefit from its reduced education rates are involved in education.
According to The Verge, it’s unclear exactly when its policy changed, but at some point this month some Reddit users noticed that Apple’s education pricing page was updated to note that customers will now be verified by Unidays, a third party. verification a service.
In addition to requiring Unidays, Apple is also imposing new limits on the number of items you can purchase with one. educational discount.
Apple Track reports that users are limited to one desktop, Mac mini, laptop, two iPads and two accessories per year.
Since this is more than a student, teacher or education staff member is likely to buy for themselves in any given year, the limit seems to be in place to prevent them from act as an illicit discount broker for all their non-teaching friends.
Requiring Unidays verification matches a similar process that Apple already uses in some countries like the UK. Interestingly, at the time of this writing, the Apple Canada store has yet to be updated to mention Unidays, MacRumors notes.
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