Apple Releases iOS 17.4 and iPadOS 17.4 With EU App Changes, New Emoji, Podcast Transcripts and More
Apple Releases iOS 17.4 and iPadOS 17.4 With EU App Changes, New Emoji, Podcast Transcripts and More
Apple today released iOS 17.4 and iPadOS 17.4, the fourth major updates to the iOS 17 operating system that came out in September 2023. The software...
How long do we think it will take before someone circumvents the EU only restrictions to the masses?
7Apple seems to have implemented quite some measures to make alternatives to the AppStore as unpleasant as possible. Even europeans will loose access to stores if they are out of EU territory for undefined periods of time, as per https://support.apple.com/en-us/118110
If you leave the European Union for short-term travel, you'll continue to have access to alternative app marketplaces for a grace period. If you're gone for too long, you'll lose access to some features, including installing new alternative app marketplaces. Apps you installed from alternative app marketplaces will continue to function, but they can't be updated by the marketplace you downloaded it from.
3Apple really makes me cringe with their practices recently. I always considered them the best of a bad bunch but at this point they're now one of the worst.
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Note that Apple's release notes in the United States do not highlight the changes in the European Union, but the update does now allow for alternative app marketplaces to be installed on iPhones in Europe.
5New Emoji? Let me go download it right now!!!
Said no one ever.
1You’d be surprised.
2Unless it’s tequila emoji
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