If you want to try it for yourself, you can. https://downrightnifty.me/blog/2025/02/27/eu-features-outsid...

Requires an EU apple account, a faraday bag, two esp32 boards (or other way to spoof hotspots), a VPN with an endpoint in the EU, and an iOS device with a supported OS version.

Sounds grand. I'll have my 80yo grandparent try it tonight.