Stuff like this is likely to be a key strategic factor in world reconfiguration over the next generation. Such differences offer up persistent differential advantages to the parties that play the terrain most effectively.

The US gets the newest AI, the richest subscription bundle and every satellite service. The EU gets app-store freedom, stronger consumer rights, a SIM tray, and blood-oxygen readings on the wrist. And a surprising amount depends on which member state, and which language, you use.

Apple in the EU vs the US — what you get, what you don't, and what you get instead ↗