There's also a new browser choice screen. Today Apple has announced a new set of changes it's going to implement into its mobile operating systems to...

I don’t expect most iPhone users to ever change their default settings, but it’s nice that it will be possible in a year.

Who knows, maybe one day you can run actual Firefox on them too? :p

  • cordlesslamp@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I wonder what counted as “an EU iPhone”?

    The serial number? GPS location of the phone? IP address?

    How could one outside of EU region to have an “EU iphone”?

    • tudor@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      An European iPhone, aka an iPhone which will get these features, is identified by a background process named countryd, introduced in iOS 16. Its only purpose is to compute and predict the most likely location of the user (as in country/region) and lock down features accordingly.

      These are only some of the factors taken into the equation:

      • GPS location
      • Wi-Fi location
      • Wi-Fi hotspot country codes
      • Cellular/GSM country codes
      • IP address
      • Home and roaming operator regions
      • Apple Account region
      • Device region
      • Satellite reachability

      countryd takes in all of these and more as input to provide the most likely country of the user. If that country is in the EU, then 💥 Sideloading, Default Apps, etc etc etc goodies

      • DJDarren@thelemmy.clubEnglish
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        3 months ago

        I was in Corfu last week when the news of the Epic store came about, so tried to install it on my UK registered iPhone. All I got was a notification telling me that my phone isn’t eligible.

        So yeah, no Fortnite in my phone for me. Not that I really care about that, I just like fiddling with shit.

      • Adanisi@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        3 months ago

        This is disgusting.

        It would have been easier to just remove these restrictions for everyone.

        • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          3 months ago

          It’s funny, because I’ve worked on and off in regulation for some of these companies. Leadership always wants a “scalable regulatory solution” and the answer is always “let’s be more open” and leadership is always like “no”

          It’s actually not hard to be compliant with the laws of 220+ regions. It’s just being on the edge of each and every restriction is more profitable.