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

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Mar 08, 2024, 2:25 AM UTC

m463 wrote: post #53

_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?

I wonder if you turn off location services, and use a european VPN, if you maintain access. If you do not have access, I would wonder if they would run across the problem google ran into with private browsing, that people expect to have privacy. In other words, if you turn off location services, that apple will not track your location and should have (legal) no way of knowing if you are inside or outside of the EU.

Post by freeAgent » Fri, Mar 08, 2024, 2:33 AM UTC

Aloisius wrote: post #90

freeAgent wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But I thought the only reason Apple prevented third-party stores and sideloaded apps in the first place was to improve security. Therefore, I’m sure that disabling app updates once someone spends a month outside the EU must improve security, too. Right!? /s

It doesn't disable app updates. It prevents installing new apps. Edit: Actually misread that. It might prevent updates.

Post by paulddraper » Fri, Mar 08, 2024, 2:35 AM UTC

Astraco wrote: post #37

I don't know what they expect with this, but it will end with the EU's shoe up their asses.

Post by freeAgent » Fri, Mar 08, 2024, 2:40 AM UTC

Aloisius wrote: post #85

kccqzy wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A company that produces a device that fakes GPS (with extremely weak RF so as not to draw the ire of FCC or other government bodies) to convince the phone it is in Europe.

Cell towers and wifi base stations announce country code too. There's no guarantee they're using GPS.

Post by freeAgent » Fri, Mar 08, 2024, 2:41 AM UTC

diebeforei485 wrote: post #65

30 days is way too low. It should be something like 90 days.