EU iPhone Users Get AirPods-Like Pairing and Notification Forwarding for Third-Party Wearables in iOS 26.5

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/05/11/ios-26-5-eu-third-party-wearable-changes/

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arschflugkoerper@feddit.org · 6 pts · 100d (2 replies)

I wonder how they justify that to the rest of their users.

trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 100d (1 reply)

They don't and they don't need to. Apple isn't a business, but a cult. Their followers will blindly eat any shit Apple puts in front of them.

Railcar8095@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 99d

Their followers will blindly eat any shit Apple puts in front of them.

Vision Pro is the proof they still have a line they will not cross

wltr@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 100d (3 replies)

What’s an EU iPhone? I have a US AppStore, and have no idea where my iPhone came from, a friend bought it second hand, and I’ve got it from him. And I live in Ukraine today, which is not yet a EU member. Should it be sold in the EU? I don’t understand which factor matters here, looks like purely a software lock-in, isn’t it?

asbestos@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 100d

Yup, purely software and based on GPS coordinates of your phone.

Barrington@feddit.org · 7 pts · 100d (1 reply)

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ViatorOmnium@piefed.social · 4 pts · 100d

Translation: we loathe our ~~suckers~~ ~~cultists~~ customers, and we are going to be as shitty to them as the law allows.