Although to a lesser extent (it used to be much worse 10 years ago), that's what it often looks like in Poland - and today's Poland can hardly be called a third

Although to a lesser extent (it used to be much worse 10 years ago), that's what it often looks like in Poland - and today's Poland can hardly be called a third world country. One particular example of such content unavailability I've recently experienced was when I tried to order an album of a German (!) artist some time after it's been published. I'd heard a few samples on Soundcloud some time before and I loved them to the extent, that I was desperate to get it when it's ready. And I couldn't. The album was available in all of the western Europe and the USA, but when I tried to order it from any source (be it Amazon, iTunes and a few more digital stores), I was just presented a message explaining to me that they do not sell music in my region. Another example is that there is quite a high percentage of music normally available on Spotify or Apple Music that is disabled in my country. Why? Because.