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iPhones in the EU get ability to set more default apps, delete more built-in ones (m.gsmarena.com)
submitted 3 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 3 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 3 months ago* (last edited 3 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 πŸ’₯ Sideloading, Default Apps, etc etc etc goodies

[–] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 11 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I was in Corfu last week when the news of the Epic store came about, so tried to install it on my UK registered iPhone. All I got was a notification telling me that my phone isn’t eligible.

So yeah, no Fortnite in my phone for me. Not that I really care about that, I just like fiddling with shit.

[–] dizzy@lemmy.ml 24 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Brexit means brexit

[–] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 11 points 3 months ago

The gift that keeps on giving.

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