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They care insofar it can affect EU residents outside the EU (this legislation ignores physical regions; it's your nationality in a EU country that makes you eli
by noirscape 3y ago
They care insofar it can affect EU residents outside the EU (this legislation ignores physical regions; it's your nationality in a EU country that makes you eligible for these rights). With the GDPR, the easiest solution is to make this info a voluntary choice for the user to say or to assume all your users are EU residents.
Microsoft is making their compliance with the DMA an option the user could pick during the OOBE. I assume Apple will use the region choice at the start of configuring iOS to do the same thing.
I can only think of one device maker that actively tries to region check the originating IP for legal compliance and that's Nintendo (who just start tracking you more if you're an EU citizen in say, the US.)
- madeofpalk 3y ago> I assume Apple will use the region choice at the start of configuring iOS to do the same thing. Nope! New countryd process uses Apple ID address, course-level location/carrier country and device region to determine DMA region locking, unfortuantely. If one thing's been clear though the Apple DMA stuff so far, it's that Apple will go to lengths to maintain their status quo in all aspects. https://9to5mac.com/2023/04/25/ios-16-restrict-features-based-on-location/ https://9to5mac.com/2023/04/25/ios-16-restrict-features-base... https://9to5mac.com/2024/01/25/apple-check-iphone-eligible-sideloading/ https://9to5mac.com/2024/01/25/apple-check-iphone-eligible-s...
- noirscape 3y agoWhy did I even think of offering them the potential of not doing it the most malicious way possible lmao. Wouldn't be surprised if that's going to get smacked down - tying "requiring an Apple ID" to being able to exercise your rights doesn't seem like something the EU would be happy with, considering the GDPR 'n such.