To comply with the EU legislation, Apple pushes changes to its software, allowing for example side-loading of applicatons in iOS 17.4 and later. But, this change is only applied to iPhones resided in EU.
To comply with another legislation from the same EU, Apple has changed iPhone 15’s charger port to USB-C. But this one, they do on global scale. EVERY iPhone 15 has USB-C, EVERY iPhone from now on will have USB-C port.
Why does it worth the hassle to ship different software in different parts of the world, but not worth it to do the same with hardware?
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Shipping two different hardware versions requires two different production lines, which adds cost and complexity.
On the other hand software is easy. You’ll get the same software whether you are in the EU or outside it, it’s just there will be a flag in the software that will unlock side loading if you are in the EU. Something like “if region is EU then allow sideloading otherwise don’t”.
There’s no added complexity there, everyone gets the same software just the way it works will vary. This is basically how any computer program works, it will only do x if y is true.
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