The EU browser wars are about to take off in a big way.
    • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      221·
      5 months ago

      Oh I’m sure there will be. It will be technically difficult (but not impossible) for them to allow other app-stores and sideloading but have the hardware and software be different enough in both markets to not have some slip through.

      I suspect there will be lots of hacky shit for this.

      • errorlab@lemm.eeEnglish
        9·
        5 months ago

        I remember that there was an identifier based on model number. FaceTime wasn’t allowed in the Middle East for a while, there was a way to tell if the model will support it based on the last character after the / in the model number. Middle East models won’t even have the app at all.

        Propably they’ll do the same for models sold in the EU.

        There are already hardware variants of the same iPhone. I think the US gets an iPhone with all eSIM, and China has two physical SIM slots.

          • errorlab@lemm.eeEnglish
            6·
            5 months ago

            No idea. Could be encryption or to protect telecom companies interests, WiFi calling means bundles need to change.

            Most providers are government owned.

            Edit: WhatsApp calling is still blocked in the GCC. Users there mostly use Snapchat as an alternative.

      • chevy9294@monero.townEnglish
        1·
        5 months ago

        I’m sure it will be and I’m also sure Apple will do EVERYTHING to make it almost imposible to do that. They may also block users from using their iPhones if they discover that they are set to EU, but they are actually not in EU.

    • chevy9294@monero.townEnglish
      1·
      5 months ago

      That is just in EU right? So Switzerland (in the center of Europe) won’t have that? Interesting…

    • Elise@beehaw.org
      1·
      5 months ago

      Literally all I had to do to make my phone have a usable performance again was to set the region to France, and the language to English. I should add that it was totally fine before an update.

  • T0RB1T@lemmy.ca
    242·
    5 months ago

    This is actually huge.

    I’m far FAR from an Apple user, but the moment this is available, I’ll be seeing if I can install FireFox with µBlock Origin on my partner’s phone.

    • c10l@lemmy.world
      7·
      5 months ago

      For what it’s worth you can get uBO on Orion browser right now.

      Last time I tried to use that browser it was too buggy for me though.

      • steal_your_face@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        5 months ago

        Yeah tried it like a month ago and it was too buggy for me as well. Safari on iOS does already support ad blockers though they’re not as good as ublock origin most likely.

    • willya@lemmyf.ukEnglish
      116·
      5 months ago

      Blocking is far better on the VPN routing level then bothering with a browser extension.

      • T0RB1T@lemmy.ca
        7·
        5 months ago

        Cool! Are you talking about something like pi-hole or something else? In what way is it going to lead to better outcomes? I already have a pretty much flawless experience with my adblockers (especially when it comes to easily creating custom rules, using the element zapper, and testing new blocklists).

        I find that my suite of browser extensions serves me really well, and it keeps working even when I enable my VPN, but something like pi-hole stops working if you do that.

        How does the solution you’re talking about differ? How does it provide a better experience?

      • OfficerBribe@lemm.ee
        2·
        5 months ago

        It’s the other way around. DNS based filters are more efficient since connection attempt is simply dropped, but browser based adblocks are a lot more feature rich allowing blocking specific HTML elements not just domains. Additional CPU power to have such extension is miniscule compared to what you gain.

          • OfficerBribe@lemm.ee
            2·
            5 months ago

            Same here, but I have disabled it for Firefox and let uBlock handle browser. Some sites detected and disliked DNS level blocking.

  • Voltage@slrpnk.net
    131·
    5 months ago

    I wish I was born in europe rn lol. tbh with india’s population the gov could try something similar and apple would likely comply to not lose a huge amount of potential consooomers. Android has always been the dominating mobile os here but apple is slowly gaining numbers and they wouldn’t like to see the graph go down.