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iPhone owners can leave EU for 30 days before they lose third-party app stores

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Re: iPhone owners can leave EU for 30 days before they lose third-party app stores

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Post by randmeerkat »

CubsFan1060 wrote: post #5
_visgean wrote: post #2

Apple really trying to be the asshole here. Imagine installing work apps that disappear after 30 days.. Also what happens if the user chooses not to share their live location with apple?

They don't lose access to the apps. I suspect the phone itself is what disables it, not sending the location to Apple.

> They don't lose access to the apps. I suspect the phone itself is what disables it, not sending the location to Apple.

Imagine paying a thousand dollars for a computer that actively sabotages its user based on their gps data… All because the manufacturer wants to control how someone can install a piece of software on it…

Re: iPhone owners can leave EU for 30 days before they lose third-party app stores

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Post by WWLink »

samatman wrote: post #4

> Whether or not that will be something the European Commission takes issue with, remains to be seen. After all, an EU citizen is an EU citizen even after they leave the EU. I fail to see how this is in any way relevant. Cannabis is legal in Canada, and Canadians remain Canadian citizens abroad. If they're caught with cannabis in a country where it's illegal, they will be prosecuted for breaking the law. Laws don't f…

This has nothing to do with laws. This has everything to do with Apple choosing how you will use the software on your device. And they're straight up insisting that if you don't live within a geographical area, the functionality of your device will change at their whim.

Honestly. Fuck them.

Re: iPhone owners can leave EU for 30 days before they lose third-party app stores

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Post by AnarchismIsCool »

samatman wrote: post #4

> Whether or not that will be something the European Commission takes issue with, remains to be seen. After all, an EU citizen is an EU citizen even after they leave the EU. I fail to see how this is in any way relevant. Cannabis is legal in Canada, and Canadians remain Canadian citizens abroad. If they're caught with cannabis in a country where it's illegal, they will be prosecuted for breaking the law. Laws don't f…

Hot take: all of the above is stupid. Maybe we shouldn't make things life ending crimes when they're perfectly legal once you take a step across an imaginary line.

Maybe apple shouldn't be trying to lock down an object that they sold and no longer own and control.

Yes, I know, obviously there are situations where this mentality doesn't apply as cleanly. That doesn't mean we get to abandon all logic when it comes to legislation and corporate misbehavior.

Re: iPhone owners can leave EU for 30 days before they lose third-party app stores

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Post by karaterobot »

I believe the grace period is entirely voluntary on their part, and since they're digging their heels in on the entire matter, I'm honestly surprised (though not impressed) by their generosity.

> Apple had previously said that it would give EU citizens a period of graze

Three paragraph article. Couldn't proof read it. Fair enough.

Re: iPhone owners can leave EU for 30 days before they lose third-party app stores

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Post by CubsFan1060 »

randmeerkat wrote: post #11
CubsFan1060 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They don't lose access to the apps. I suspect the phone itself is what disables it, not sending the location to Apple.

> They don't lose access to the apps. I suspect the phone itself is what disables it, not sending the location to Apple. Imagine paying a thousand dollars for a computer that actively sabotages its user based on their gps data… All because the manufacturer wants to control how someone can install a piece of software on it…

It.. doesn't bother me. But none of this is different than when said person spent a thousand dollars. If this is the sort of thing that annoys you, you should probably have bought a different device in the first place.

Re: iPhone owners can leave EU for 30 days before they lose third-party app stores

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Post by Aloisius »

_visgean wrote: post #2

Apple really trying to be the asshole here. Imagine installing work apps that disappear after 30 days.. Also what happens if the user chooses not to share their live location with apple?

Installed apps don't disappear.

Access to the app store disappears.

Re: iPhone owners can leave EU for 30 days before they lose third-party app stores

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Post by dylan604 »

chipweinberger wrote: post #9
_visgean wrote: post #2

Apple really trying to be the asshole here. Imagine installing work apps that disappear after 30 days.. Also what happens if the user chooses not to share their live location with apple?

the phone disables itself without sharing to apple

the phone is not disabled
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