iOS 17.4’s alternative app marketplaces bound by location data — EU iPhone users will lose access to some features if they’re…
Fresh off the release of iOS 17.4 for iPhone on Tuesday, Apple has confirmed that its implementation of alternative app marketplaces is bound by on-device location data that could see users lose access to some features if they travel for too long or relocate. Apple’s new software has arrived just in time for the compliance deadline of the EU’s Digital Markets Act, which has mandated, amongst other things, that Apple must offer its iPhone developers and customers the opportunity to create and install alternative app…