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Subject: Re: Does Apple normally add the UK when the EU forces Apple to care
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Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 15:19:13 +0200
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On 13.09.24 18:35, Andrew wrote:
> The news is replete with how the EU slowly but surely, one by one, forces
> Apple to do what every decent company has already done in terms of app
> stores (e.g., Microsoft & Google have always allowed alternative repos).
> 
> Now, finally, Apple is allowing its customer base that basic decency;
> however, all the news says is that the EU forced Apple to be decent.
>   *Apple Will Make Alternative App Marketplaces and Browser Engines Available on the iPad in the EU Starting Monday*
>   <https://www.macstories.net/news/apple-will-make-alternative-app-marketplaces-and-browser-engines-available-in-the-eu-starting-monday/>
>    "You may recall that in April, the European Commission has added
>     iPadOS to the products and services subject to the Digital Markets
>     Act (DMA). Before then, the DMA only applied to the iPhone, meaning
>     that, if you live in the EU, changes to iOS, like browser default
>     choices and alternative app marketplaces, are currently only
>     available on your iPhone. That changes on Monday"
>      *Update on iPadOS 18 apps distributed in the European Union*
>       <https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=4sn7e783>>
>      "Starting September 16:
>       Users in the EU can download iPadOS apps on the App Store
>       and through alternative distribution...
>       Alternative browser engines can be used in iPadOS apps."
> 
> As of Brexit, the UK is not formally in the EU - but that's a political
> boundary (where the border-free Schengen Area is another such boundary).
> 
> My question, which those in the UK may be able to answer from experience,
> is whether or not Apple extends common decencies forced upon it to the UK?

The UK is as you already had to learn a non-EU country with all 
consequences.

The reason why is very simple: The EU laws do not apply to the UK 
territory and UK residents cannot under any circumstances claim to have 
the rights the EU law stipulates and enforce them.

-- 
"Roma locuta, causa finita." (Augustinus)