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iPhones in the EU get ability to set more default apps, delete more built-in ones (m.gsmarena.com)

submitted 2 months ago by 1984@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world

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I don't expect most iPhone users to ever change their default settings, but it's nice that it will be possible in a year.

Who knows, maybe one day you can run actual Firefox on them too? :p

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[–] cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 35 points 2 months ago (12 children)

I wonder what counted as "an EU iPhone"?

The serial number? GPS location of the phone? IP address?

How could one outside of EU region to have an "EU iphone"?

[–] tudor@lemmy.world 48 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (9 children)

An European iPhone, aka an iPhone which will get these features, is identified by a background process named countryd, introduced in iOS 16. Its only purpose is to compute and predict the most likely location of the user (as in country/region) and lock down features accordingly.

These are only some of the factors taken into the equation:

GPS location
Wi-Fi location
Wi-Fi hotspot country codes
Cellular/GSM country codes
IP address
Home and roaming operator regions
Apple Account region
Device region
Satellite reachability

countryd takes in all of these and more as input to provide the most likely country of the user. If that country is in the EU, then 💥 Sideloading, Default Apps, etc etc etc goodies

[–] Adanisi@lemmy.zip 46 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This is disgusting.

It would have been easier to just remove these restrictions for everyone.

[–] Swarfega@lemm.ee 30 points 2 months ago

$$$$$$$$

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