November 12, 2024.
Apple was told by the European Union today to stop geo-blocking, the practice of restricting content of a user’s geographical location, on services such as its App Store, Apple Arcade, Music, iTunes Store, Podcasts.
The European Commission said it had identified several potentially prohibited geo-blocking practices on some Apple Media Services and threatened enforcement measures by national regulators if Apple failed to address its concerns.
The EU said Apple had one month to propose commitments on how it would address the geo-blocking it had identified.
