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Apple announces support for alternative app marketplaces, web browser engines in the EU with iOS 17.4 (www.macstories.net)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by fresh@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Updated the link to a better source that gives a more detailed overview.

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[–] bloup@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (11 children)

Yet again, we lack the only detail anyone actually cares about: how does Apple plan on actually limiting this functionality to the EU?

It’s difficult for me to imagine how they can comply with this but only for EU customers in a manner which can’t be easily circumvented. It kind of bothers me that journalists just parrot “these changes will not be coming to jurisdictions outside of the EU” uncritically, seemingly just completely taking for granted the idea that there’s not going to be any way to benefit from this if you don’t live in the EU.

[–] ares35@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

i think it would be rather trivial for them to restrict features to secure (not rooted) devices connecting to eu towers via eu carriers (perhaps also owned by eu customers)

[–] bloup@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Not super familiar with EU law, but it was my understanding that a company that wants to be allowed to operate in the EU can’t just start violating an EU citizen’s EU granted rights just because aren’t literally geographically inside the EU at the time of the rights violation.

In other words, it’s my understanding that Apple would be liable for damages if, for instance, an EU citizen on vacation suddenly lost access to alternative app stores and such.

[–] uzay@infosec.pub 3 points 10 months ago

But you can use iPads and iPhones without a SIM card? I don't think it's trivial at all.

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