This is not an experiment I’m super excited to do on my own hardware (plus I don’t have a Chinese payment method.) Has anyone tried changing their Apple account to “mainland China” on the iCloud website to see what happens to data flows on their devices? 
My question is: what warnings do you get on-device before it starts uploading your data to Guizhou? I hope someone is/has moved to China recently and is willing to try this for me.
What can I offer people to do this experiment for me? Happy to offer all the RTs in the world and I’ll even scrape up a tiny bounty if someone is willing.
To be clear here’s what I would like to see:
1. Set up a US/EU iCloud account that has not previously been registered in China, connect a device to it w/ iCloud Backup + Keychain.
2. Using iCloud.com (not the device!) change registration to “China (mainland)”. 1/
1. Set up a US/EU iCloud account that has not previously been registered in China, connect a device to it w/ iCloud Backup + Keychain.
2. Using iCloud.com (not the device!) change registration to “China (mainland)”. 1/
3. See what warnings appear on the device itself, if any, once it detects the registration change.
4. Optional (but would be awesome) monitor the network to see when device switches from US/EU iCloud datacenters to GCBD.
4. Optional (but would be awesome) monitor the network to see when device switches from US/EU iCloud datacenters to GCBD.
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