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Q: Ability to purchase from various iTunes stores

Has Apple still not solved the unacceptable situation where various apps and media are available in say the France store but not the US store? As an example Michelin has a free app on the French store but I cannot obtain it as I have an US store account. Reading the threads from several discussions I see responders only answer the question with simple "no" but give no reasoning: whether this is an Apple plan to inconvenience their customers or some silly legal dispute. Knowing "why" is useful.

Posted on Sep 22, 2016 1:10 AM

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  • by King_Penguin,Helpful

    King_Penguin King_Penguin Sep 22, 2016 2:27 AM in response to esopp
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    Sep 22, 2016 2:27 AM in response to esopp

    Content is licensed to Apple by the content providers to sell on a country-by-country basis - content providers want control over where/how their content is available, each country therefore has to have its own store and you have to be in a country to use its store.

     

    If a developer hasn't granted Apple a license to sell a particular app in the US you could try contacting the developer and ask them to do so, you could also try requesting it via Apple : http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunes.html - but without the developer's agreement it can't happen

  • by jimrgraham,

    jimrgraham jimrgraham Sep 22, 2016 1:18 AM in response to jimrgraham
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    Sep 22, 2016 1:18 AM in response to jimrgraham

    The reason why is that every country has it's own laws and restrictions also relative to tax.  It would be great for us to be able to get international apps, songs, movies, etc... however, I'm not sure what is better - a "one world order, currency, and law"? or keep things separate so we don't have to have all the other attributes related to the above.  

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  • by King_Penguin,

    King_Penguin King_Penguin Sep 22, 2016 1:18 AM in response to jimrgraham
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    Sep 22, 2016 1:18 AM in response to jimrgraham

    Using a country's store when not in the country can result in the account being permanently disabled

  • by esopp,

    esopp esopp Sep 22, 2016 2:32 AM in response to King_Penguin
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    Sep 22, 2016 2:32 AM in response to King_Penguin

    Thanks, answered my question but surprising that Apple does not require developers to grant such on an international basis.  Apple's legal department not normally so timid. Anyway if Apple has a keen ear to their customers' needs they will put some effort into solving this to the benefit of its customers