Apple is locking down the iPhone App Store to comply with a new law in China

Moonrise2473@feddit.it to Technology@beehaw.org – 195 points – Apple is locking down the iPhone App Store to comply with a new law in China
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China forced Apple to remove any app where the developer isn't registered in China. Meaning they asked Apple to remove 95% of the apps and games available in the App Store.

Poor iPhone users, basically they will get a "wechat handheld" and that's it...

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VPN?

Sadly doesn't seem like it'll help

Last month, China announced it would require an ICP license in order for apps to be listed in all mobile app stores. Now, as Apple honors the regulation, it closes a loophole that had let iPhone users in China download and, with a VPN, use apps that the government there has blocked for most or all of the country, like WhatsApp, Facebook, and YouTube.

Normal VPN doesn't work because China firewall uses deep packet inspection that looks for signs that traffic is being tunneled and then blocks the IPs involved. On the other hand, VPN use can land users in jail as well

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