Change regions and lose your purchased content from Apple

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Change regions and lose your purchased content from Apple

For some reason, I can buy an Xbox, buy a million movies, move around the world, and have full access to everything I have ever purchased EVEN WHEN I SWITCH REGIONS.

However, buy and Apple product, move around the world, and you lose access to content when you "switch regions", which Apple forces you to do to make all their software talk together. i.e., iCloud Sharing.

Thanks for robbing me of hundreds of dollars in movies without warning, Apple. I'm sure your trillions of dollars aren't enough to fix your issue.

Posted on Sep 26, 2020 8:10 AM

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Sep 28, 2020 7:46 AM in response to Vancouver22

No, there was not. And in any case, I would have had to buy a gigantic storage device to put all the HD and 4K movies onto. And how would I then access those movies from my iPad, iPhone, on the go? You cannot without intricate devices and software or paying a ton of money for terabytes of iCloud storage. All so I can do what? Oh that's right. Access content I ALREADY PAID FOR.

And yet, Microsoft can make it happen. No problem.

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Vancouver22

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Sep 26, 2020 1:54 PM in response to Community User

There were specific instructions on What to do before you change your country or region:

Redownload your apps, music, movies, TV shows, and books on any devices that you might use to play or read them in the future. That's because some types of content might not be available in your new country or region. (Learn what types of content and services are available in your new country or region.)

Change your Apple ID country or region - Apple Support

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Change regions and lose your purchased content from Apple

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