Apple pauses U.S. student purchase verificationsThe UNiDAYS verification was only brought in a few days ago...
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Apple recently introduced a new verification requirement for U.S. education discounts.
After just a couple of days the new requirement seems to have disappeared.
It is unclear if the system was paused because of technical issues, or if it is making a comeback.
Just three days after adding a UNiDAYS verification requirement for education discount purchases in the U.S., Apple appears to have removed the requirement from its website.
Earlier this week Apple introduced a new verification process. From Wednesday:
The crackdown was first noticed by people on Reddit with verification now required via UNiDAYS. Interestingly, this only appears to apply to the United States education discount at the time of writing with the Canadian one remaining wide open.
To verify your student or staff status, you will be redirected to the third-party website UNiDAYS and will be subject to their privacy pol...
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Apple pauses U.S. student purchase verifications
