Leaving the EU for too long will make you lose access to third party app stores in iOS

06 March 2024
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    Anonymous, 06 Mar 2024Play fire and you'll get fire. Eat your own medicine E... more"Evil EU forcing Apple to offer some freedom to its users, oh no, I don't want choice nor freedom" :D

    Jesus man, you don't even need to use that freedom. You just have an option to do so. Apple fanboys like you make me ashamed of owning a MacBook. Like, what if someone sees me using a MacBook and thinks I'm in any way like you?

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      • 06 Mar 2024

      Why only EU, Should be available worldwide, i hate fking apple politics & marketing.

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        • 06 Mar 2024

        Azu10157, 06 Mar 2024And Apple fanboys will still continue to eat their shitGet a room you two.

          mzorrilla, 06 Mar 2024Apple can't stop itself from being a horrible company ... moreAnd Apple fanboys will still continue to eat their shit

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            • 06 Mar 2024

            So are they going to keep a record of iPhone locations to check which ones have strayed a bit too far from eu

              Mills, 06 Mar 2024Stay in school. UK is not part of the EU. Mans never learne... moreBut the UK used to be part of EU.
              And geographically the UK is inside the continent of Europe. Not to mention that the UK would love to impose similar laws unto Apple. So yeah it is actually a good question.

              What about Greenland? Does that count as North America. Or what about Turkey which is in Europe AND Asia Minor. Or how about Russia, which is further located east, geographically it is in Asia but diplomatically it is considered European. How about the Iberian Peninsula, where North Africa meets Spain. Or what about countries that are bang-smack in the middle of Europe, but they have not been granted European Identity/Outside of the Union.

              This is just a mess. I think a simpler means would be that Apple merely just makes this policy global. But they want to assert their control, which is bordering of the psychotic.

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                Jon8652, 06 Mar 2024Does the UK count as Europe?Stay in school. UK is not part of the EU. Mans never learned of Brexit

                  Darth Caesium, 06 Mar 2024No. They can still demand that Apple doesn't do this b... moreI hope EU has answers for the ways apple is handeling demands. I would fine them 1 Billion € every week.

                    Jon8652, 06 Mar 2024Does the UK count as Europe?UK is in europe but not in European Union, well not anymore.

                      Anonymous, 06 Mar 2024Play fire and you'll get fire. Eat your own medicine E... moreIt actually shows who apple really is and nothing else. Slave owners that not only beat their customers, they also suck their pockets dry, for the "greater good" of apple survival and enrichment.
                      You being the perfect specimen.

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                        • 06 Mar 2024

                        And how would Apple know that you left the EU if they are not tracking everywhere you go? So much for Apple preaching about Privacy.

                          DarlingYext, 06 Mar 2024One step closer to a dystopia where companies control every... moreLet's hope EU laws will further break the trend.

                            SShock, 06 Mar 2024Though lets be honest here, there is a difference between c... moreAt least Google tell you. That's being honest. And you can turn it off.

                            Apple does show you ads though, but only in App Store. For now.

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                              SShock, 06 Mar 2024Though lets be honest here, there is a difference between c... moreThat's not his point. The point is that Apple says this: "To preserve your privacy, Apple does not collect your device's location."

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                                Jon8652, 06 Mar 2024Does the UK count as Europe?Can you read? UK is not part of EU.

                                  Does the UK count as Europe?

                                    Anonymous, 06 Mar 2024Play fire and you'll get fire. Eat your own medicine E... moreNo. They can still demand that Apple doesn't do this by mandating that any device with an EU IMEI number is treated as being inside the EU and therefore under its jurisdiction, and then bar them from doing all this.

                                      DarlingYext, 06 Mar 2024One step closer to a dystopia where companies control every... moreYeah! That's the governments job dagnabbit..! 😉🤣

                                        Anonymous, 06 Mar 2024"Apple boasts about preserving your privacy by not col... moreThough lets be honest here, there is a difference between collecting data to help you find and recover device and collecting data to sell to advertisers and to know what ads you can serve better. As far as I know Apple never did any of that with said function. Meanwhile Google openly states it always uses location data for all the advertisement crap.

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