iOS 18.1 & iPadOS 18.1 review: baby steps with Apple Intelligence

zimmermann said:
Nothing new here in the Netherlands! No changed Siri, no eraser in Photos. We, the Europeans, have been left out of the game. Or is it because it isn’t English?

Apple made it very clear during WWDC in June that Apple Intelligence was not coming to the EU in the near future for legal reasons. Here are two AppleInsider articles:

https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/06/21/apple-intelligence-iphone-mirroring-arent-coming-to-eu-because-of-the-dma

https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/06/28/eu-hits-back-at-apple-withholding-apple-intelligence-from-the-region

however the topic was heavily covered by all tech media, not just AppleInsider, not just American sites. I'm sure if you bother to look, you will find Dutch tech sites who covered this issue back in June.

It should be understood that DMA compliance has prevented software features from other companies from reaching EU consumers. This is not Apple's personal vendetta against the Netherlands or the EU in general. That makes no sense anyhow because most people consider Apple Intelligence (like any other smartphone based AI functionality) to be something of a selling point. After all smartphones are the primary computing modality of consumers in 2024.

Anyhow there are likely ways around the current Apple Intelligence ban for the EU. These would also be search engine results but I know many people on the Internet don't actually use search engines anymore in 2024. Nevertheless the articles/tutorials exist. I'll leave it as an exercise to AppleInsider readers to locate this information since I cannot verify the validity or legality of any of these workarounds myself.

Best of luck.