I mean, it’s absolutely petty, yes. OTOH, while it worded as being aimed at EU users spending a short while outside of the US, it’s very clearly aimed at non-EU citizens trying to also profit from the EU ruling.
Example: if a US citizen takes a weeklong trip to Italy, they now have access to third-party stores, but Apple basically makes them unusable as soon as they’re stateside. Can’t have nice things.
Even if it’s not aimed at EU citizens, they’re collateral damage. And the only reason is that they don’t want non-EU citizens to be able to benefit from this.
(The security risks this carries for EU citizens prove that this is not for security.)
I mean, it’s absolutely petty, yes. OTOH, while it worded as being aimed at EU users spending a short while outside of the US, it’s very clearly aimed at non-EU citizens trying to also profit from the EU ruling.
Example: if a US citizen takes a weeklong trip to Italy, they now have access to third-party stores, but Apple basically makes them unusable as soon as they’re stateside. Can’t have nice things.
Even if it’s not aimed at EU citizens, they’re collateral damage. And the only reason is that they don’t want non-EU citizens to be able to benefit from this.
(The security risks this carries for EU citizens prove that this is not for security.)