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You've heard "available on android" and "available on ios", get ready for "available on ios (europe only)".

by Elfener 2y ago

pohuing 2y ago
Funny to see this go the other way for once. Usually it's us waiting for NA only products to trickle over.
Tomte 2y ago
Also, only iOS, not iPadOS. Although I'm pretty sure the EU will force that, as well.
- galad87 2y ago
  Already done, third party stores will be possible in iPadOS 18.
dunekid 2y ago
I guess europe in this case extends to Americas, by the existence of French Guiana and other outermost EU regions. I am wondering if that could pave way for some technological quirks if these things do not trickle into NA quick enough.
mstolpm 2y ago
There is already the opposite situation: "available on iOS AppStore (except in EU)". And that might pop up more often in the future.
- self_awareness 2y ago
  mstolpm wrote: > There is already the opposite situation: "available on iOS AppStore (except in > EU)". And that might pop up more often in the future. We already have lots of that related to website access. "Not available due to GDPR" is a pretty common error message for me. If anyone wants to reply that "I've just dodged a bullet thanks to EU blocking unethical websites" then all I can say is I know how to dodge bullets by myself, thanks.
  - rvschuilenburg 2y ago
    >If anyone wants to reply that "I've just dodged a bullet thanks to EU blocking unethical websites" then all I can say is I know how to dodge bullets by myself, thanks. These websites did not get blocked by the EU. These websites chose to block themselves because they did not want to put in the effort to be GDPR compliant.
    - ffgjgf1 2y ago
      Which is functionally the same? EU can’t ban websites, but the threat of very high fines is effectively the same. Also when it comes to random news websites (especially smaller local ones) what sort risks are there? The aren’t handling your personal information and if you’re afraid about them selling your browsing history to third parties there are way to fix that locally
      - lucianbr 2y ago
        > what sort risks are there? The aren’t handling your personal information The sites themselves disagree with you. They think there's risk, which is why they decided to not work in the EU. EU does not "threaten very high fines" to sites that do not collect PII. GDPR does nothing if you don't collect information. But they obviously do collect it, despite your denial.
        ffgjgf1 2y ago
        I meant risk for consumers due to those sites not complying with GDPR. Of course the site owners think there it introduces unnecessary risks for them, that was more or less what my initial comment was about. > But they obviously do collect it, despite your denial. How? are you somehow compelled to share you name and address with random local/small new-sites from the US They very likely are just using ads and/or analytics services which technically don’t comply with GDPR..
        lucianbr 2y ago

You've heard "available on android" and "available on ios", get ready for "available on ios (europe only)".

pohuing 2y ago

Funny to see this go the other way for once. Usually it's us waiting for NA only products to trickle over.

Tomte 2y ago

Also, only iOS, not iPadOS. Although I'm pretty sure the EU will force that, as well.

galad87 2y ago
Already done, third party stores will be possible in iPadOS 18.

dunekid 2y ago

I guess europe in this case extends to Americas, by the existence of French Guiana and other outermost EU regions. I am wondering if that could pave way for some technological quirks if these things do not trickle into NA quick enough.

mstolpm 2y ago

There is already the opposite situation: "available on iOS AppStore (except in EU)". And that might pop up more often in the future.

self_awareness 2y ago
mstolpm wrote: > There is already the opposite situation: "available on iOS AppStore (except in > EU)". And that might pop up more often in the future. We already have lots of that related to website access. "Not available due to GDPR" is a pretty common error message for me. If anyone wants to reply that "I've just dodged a bullet thanks to EU blocking unethical websites" then all I can say is I know how to dodge bullets by myself, thanks.
- rvschuilenburg 2y ago
  >If anyone wants to reply that "I've just dodged a bullet thanks to EU blocking unethical websites" then all I can say is I know how to dodge bullets by myself, thanks. These websites did not get blocked by the EU. These websites chose to block themselves because they did not want to put in the effort to be GDPR compliant.
  - ffgjgf1 2y ago
    Which is functionally the same? EU can’t ban websites, but the threat of very high fines is effectively the same. Also when it comes to random news websites (especially smaller local ones) what sort risks are there? The aren’t handling your personal information and if you’re afraid about them selling your browsing history to third parties there are way to fix that locally
    - lucianbr 2y ago
      > what sort risks are there? The aren’t handling your personal information The sites themselves disagree with you. They think there's risk, which is why they decided to not work in the EU. EU does not "threaten very high fines" to sites that do not collect PII. GDPR does nothing if you don't collect information. But they obviously do collect it, despite your denial.
      - ffgjgf1 2y ago
        I meant risk for consumers due to those sites not complying with GDPR. Of course the site owners think there it introduces unnecessary risks for them, that was more or less what my initial comment was about. > But they obviously do collect it, despite your denial. How? are you somehow compelled to share you name and address with random local/small new-sites from the US They very likely are just using ads and/or analytics services which technically don’t comply with GDPR..
        lucianbr 2y ago