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International AppStores: The medieval side of the iPad
- hboon 16y ago"When user tries to connect to his regional AppStore with an iPad he is simply blocked. That is it. End of story. No downloading free apps or purchasing some of those new iPad applications you international scum! The worst of it is that versions of the applications adapted for the iPad are already available on those stores, if the application is a universal binary that can work with both the iPhone and the iPad. Still, the user isn’t even allowed to download such applications, or even to connect to the store from his/her iPad." It sucks. But simple way around it is to just download those apps from a Mac. You can still download the same iPad-specific or universal apps from your local, non-US app store, except a few apps such as iBooks.
- absconditus 16y agoAre we nearly done with the ridiculous outrage over everything that Apple does? The iPad is clearly not officially available in other countries. The reason that iPad apps are not available in other countries is likely legal. Does the author really believe that Apple just does not want his money?
- drewcrawford 16y agoMany of those apps are subject to the same licensing deals as music, movies, etc. For instance, if you're working on a licensed game, you have territory issues. Furthermore, prices are set per-region. Furthermore, sales tax etc. works differently in different countries. It's easy enough to flip a switch and sell the apps, but it does take time to get the legal infrastructure in place that actually enables you to do it.
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- drewcrawford 16y agoSales tax != income tax While there is an interesting technicality in the "Rest of the world" region where the tax codes are somewhat ambiguous (some of those governments mostly run on bribes anyway), in all civilized countries Apple pays sales tax.