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Hmm, my Apple ID is set to the UK, i paid using a UK card (Monzo), whilst connected to my home VPN (tunnelled) but currently abroad on holiday in Asia and it’s telling me I need to physically be in the EU to install it…

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No matter what apple says about privacy being a right, they don't let your location be private to their business.

I remember years ago turning off location services on my iphone, and finding my iphone connecting to .ls.apple.com all the time (location services).

I just think people don't want to give up control. They just trick/force/wear down people/customers until they give up their* control.

It's too bad. I remember reading Matt Ridley's "the rational optimist" I think he said that when trading partners have trust, trading is unlimited.

If I was treated with respect by apple, I would have trust and buy all kinds of things from them. Instead, I have to do this careful calculus, with devices, upgrades, apps and usually do not.

Even if you turn them off you can still get tracked through SSIDs

Would that even work in the UK considering Brexit el al?

Besides Apple already mentioned that it's location based and if you go out of the EU you will only have about month of "trial" to use the apps... Apple can go to hell :D

Have you forgotten...brexit? We no longer get to enjoy the benefits of the EU.

To be honest, after the vote I didn’t really keep up as I thought (hoped) real change would take ages to kick in. Guess we’re finally, actually out. Will request a refund.

The vote was eight years ago. Brexit is already going to school and knows how to read and write.

It officially occurred at the end of January 2020. I think something else important happened around that time that made it easy to miss :) Pre-existing law (e.g. GDPR) continues to until we remove it. New regulations like the DMA won’t ever apply.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brexit

The UK hasn't been part of the EU for quite some time now.

Well, UK isn't in the EU.

Have you been abroad since before June 23rd 2016?

Yes, but I think the post-brexit transition phase tricked me into believing the change wouldn’t be this drastic. Sigh.

Fun fact: "British citizens had their .eu domains suspended on 1 January 2021 for three months, and then deleted on 1 March 2021 after a grace period to allow EU/EEA citizens to update the registration information to show their non-UK address."

You need a faraday cage and a GPS spoof.

Farage cage maybe?

Farageday cage maybe?

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