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by Hamuko 836 days ago
There's some investigation as to how Apple uses countryd to determine what jurisdiction you're in.

>[countryd] combines multiple data such as current GPS location, country code from the Wi-Fi router, and information obtained from the SIM card to determine the country the user is in.

https://9to5mac.com/2023/04/25/ios-16-restrict-features-base...

Since I imagine you have a European Wi-Fi router, SIM card and GPS location, there's a good chance you'll get the EU features.

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Dual sim, actually. One is a US sim, the other an EU sim.

Wifi router isn't set to an EU jurisdiction to get higher power and get through some walls.

There's so many edge cases, there's no way they'll get it perfectly the first time. It's like asking for getting sued.