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> Why would you care that you can't get the Italian app "storefront" because you're French? Because you might be traveling in Italy and try to use some locally
by xg15 2y ago
> Why would you care that you can't get the Italian app "storefront" because you're French?
Because you might be traveling in Italy and try to use some locally-developed Italian app while you're there, e.g. some municipal public transport app.
Or you might even move permanently to Italy while staying a French citizen (and having your Apple ID still registered as French).
> And if a developer makes something Italy-only, isn't that their choice?
I think the entire point is that, in the EU, it's not.
- crazygringo 2y agoBut surely a transport app will make itself available to the whole EU because it wants to be available to tourists. So why does there even need to be a law around this at all? Presumably apps want to be popular and aren't going to limit themselves to 1 country in the EU. So what is the problem the EU is even trying to solve here? I'm genuinely asking, because not a single example is given. I don't want something theoretical, I'm asking where is a case of someone experiencing actual harm. Because it's very hard to understand this otherwise. Is this actually about apps? Or is it about licensed content like music? Is it anything Apple even has power to change here?