@lucasfigueiredo @_inside It gates regulatory features Apple is legally required to offer in specific regions: alternative app marketplaces, third-party payment processors, and browser/default app choice screens. These are mandated by the EU’s Digital Markets Act, Japan’s Mobile Software Competition Act, and a Brazilian antitrust agreement with CADE.

Your Apple ID country or region setting doesn’t matter. iOS determines your actual physical location using a combination of GPS, nearby Wi-Fi access point country codes, and your SIM card’s mobile country code. So if you’re in Brazil with a local SIM or Brazilian Wi-Fi, it’ll detect that regardless of your account being US-based.

There’s also a grace period system: if your device decides you’ve left one of those regions, you get 30 days before the features are restricted. Apps you already downloaded from alternative marketplaces keep working, but stop receiving updates. Once the grace period ends, you’d need to physically be back in the region to reset the clock.