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EU can’t enforce laws outside their legal jurisdiction. So I guess if you somehow trick Apple into seeing your phone as operating in the EU, then this would wor
by sixstringtheory 3y ago
EU can’t enforce laws outside their legal jurisdiction. So I guess if you somehow trick Apple into seeing your phone as operating in the EU, then this would work. But I don’t know how you could do so if you use a cellular data connection.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y agoSo if I buy a phone in Europe and get it all set up then Apple will remove functionality when I return to the States?
- sixstringtheory 3y agoIt would be very easy to do. They already control what you see on the app store depending on your locale. I’m not saying it’s a certainty. I don’t think it would be fair to do to EU citizens traveling in the US on vacation, eg.
- MBCook 3y agoIf you base it on the App Store account that handles both cases pretty well from Apple’s perspective. US users can buy all the EU phones they want, with a US account you’re treated like every other American. EU users can buy a phone anywhere and since they have an EU store account they get side loading. Where the phone was purchased from is irrelevant. All that matters is the verified payment address.
- kube-system 3y agoIIRC this (iCloud account address) is how Apple decides whether or not you are a Chinese user for purposes of Chinese regulations.
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- madeofpalk 3y agoThis doesn't currently exist, so it's entirely hypothetical speculation.