The "Steve Jobs" movie features a made-up subplot about Jobs insisting that the Fire Exit Safety signs be turned off to achieve "absolute blackout" in a theater. They very reasonably point out that no fire Marshall would approve it. I'm surprised for that reason, especially in midtown Manhattan. I've seen a fire marshall do a full inspection of a Broadway show and they were very thorough. This store is just a few blocks from there.

Let’s face it, the flat UI is stupidity when it comes to anything. This is not an issue exclusive to fire extinguishers.

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/flat-design/

Maybe I'm misremembering, but do most luxury stores have fire extinguishers visible to customers (as opposed to staff)? I don't remember seeing them

I wonder if this could have been made trivially compliant by using a transparent window with a sticker, like they do for AED machines.

They need to add a touchscreen and menu to access the fire extinguisher, probably with auto-subscription. Then all will be well.

That looks like a picture taken from a mall, outside of an Apple Store.

So, let’s not blame Apple here. Let’s blame the mall for doing something really stupid.