HT204447: If you can’t change your iTunes Store country or region

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Sweet meow

Q: Why do we have to select our region in iTunes Store?

I always wished that everyone had the same store because lots of other songs in the U.S store appear to be free and the U.S store has extra stuff like iTunes Radio, TV shows and single of the week. Those kind of stuff dosen't seem to be available in the Malaysian store and it's not fair!   

iPad, iOS 7.1

Posted on Apr 13, 2014 12:13 AM

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  • by King_Penguin,

    King_Penguin King_Penguin Apr 13, 2014 12:19 AM in response to Sweet meow
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    Apr 13, 2014 12:19 AM in response to Sweet meow

    The content providers (record companies, film studios etc) grant Apple licenses to sell their content on a country-by-country basis (they want control over where their content is available) - each country therefore has to have its own store, and you have to be in a country (and have a billign address in that country on your country) to use its store.

     

    If there are items that you want to buy which aren't currently available in the Malaysian store then you can try requesting that they be added, but unless the rights-holder for Malaysia agrees to it then Apple won't be able to sell them there : http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunes.html