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No. Apple spent a lot of time and money building a service called "countryd" with the sole purpose of making sure that people outside the EU can't use any of th
by josephcsible 2y ago
No. Apple spent a lot of time and money building a service called "countryd" with the sole purpose of making sure that people outside the EU can't use any of the features that they already did the work to develop anyway.
- Pesthuf 2y agoHow wonderful of Apple to make sure non-EU citizens are protected from the terrible dangers of freedom to choose, forced upon EU iOS users by the tyrannical EU government /s
- kmlx 2y agothis one? https://theapplewiki.com/wiki/Filesystem:/usr/libexec/countryd https://theapplewiki.com/wiki/Filesystem:/usr/libexec/countr... > countryd determines the user's physical country based on multiple characteristics. It is used by the eligibility system to ensure it is difficult to spoof the user's true physical location. It was introduced in iOS 16.2 and macOS 13.0.
- andy_ppp 2y agoCreepy that they feel the need to know exactly where you are IMO...
- kmlx 2y agoi'm guessing it's an indirect requirement from governments (e.g. "on our territory it's illegal to use the internet/device for X").
- xp84 2y agoMeh, if they were really doing favors for governments they'd do something to nerf VPN software for places like China. I'm pretty sure this was created to serve Apple's intere$t$ first and foremost
- jorvi 2y agoI'm assuming at some point they'll move away from bespoke ROM-level settings like "Japan-bought iPhones always have a shutter sound" or "Chinese iPhones use the term "WLAN" instead of "WiFi", and instead path all of that through `countryd`. Maybe for WiFi and cellular regulations also.