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1. pirates · 1790253374 · focus · HN ↗

   If Bill left the UK temporarily would the ability to turn on ADP come back? Or is a device from the UK that’s not able to enroll somehow prevented forever? Not saying that this makes it OK, just curious

   1. jxckstr · 1790254200 · focus · HN ↗

      You can switch your Apple ID's region to another country, enable ADP then revert your account's region back to the United Kingdom. You've got to leave Family Sharing first and may also need to adjust/cancel subscriptions - I don't think it's totally straightforward.

      1. SXX · 1790260987 · focus · HN ↗

         AFAIK reverting region to UK wont work. First of all you cant change regions more often than a year (or close to it).

         Also if you do revert account to UK you will get a warning that you either need to disable ADP or lose access to iCloud features.

         1. aDyslecticCrow · 1790272205 · focus · HN ↗

            What does the region even do? why not just stay in france mode?

            1. SXX · 1790273692 · focus · HN ↗

               Region affects pricing, what payments methods are availanle or accepted and also what apps are available. Some banks, government service apps and few commercial companies limit apps to certain regions.

               Unlike Android there are way more hassle in installing iOS apps under different accounts with different regions. On Android I just have 5 diffetent accounts with different billing countries and it just work.

               Also AFAIK iCloud family features dont work cross-region.

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