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> Soon, history might repeat with US consumers pretending to be in the EU to free their hardware

Very unlikely. Phones have to identify the country they are operating in for wireless emission regulations, whether it be from SIM cards, GPS, sale region, account region, etc. They have been doing this for a very long time.

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Wrong.

Apple long standing policy is to look at the country of billing address. As an American living in Europe this has been super to keep watching the Apple TV+ content.

What Apple TV+ content aren’t we getting in the EU?

Sports, probably; the international rights for that tend to be a bit of a minefield.

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