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That's been the case for well over a year now. Digital product distribution has been completely botched by nearly every company recently. Music services: all
by aphexairlines 16y ago
That's been the case for well over a year now. Digital product distribution has been completely botched by nearly every company recently.
Music services: all region-locked.
Amazon Kindle: region-locked.
Amazon Appstore: region-locked.
Amazon CloudPlayer: region-locked.
Amazon Video on Demand: region-locked.
Android Market: region-locked, often also carrier-locked.
iTunes App Store: region-locked.
I actually can't think of any digital market that ISN'T region-locked anymore. It's ridiculous that you can buy physical items and have them delivered across oceans but online distributors refuse to send you bits if your IP address is in the wrong range.
- robotron 16y agoKindle is NOT region-locked. I can confirm this since I've moved out of the US and just purchased some books.
- aphexairlines 16y agoDoes your 1-click payment method have a US billing address?
- etherael 16y agoKindle is region locked, certain titles are only available in EU vs AU (these ones I know from experience; Programming the Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes On the Cosmos being the book in question) and I assume US also.
- michaelcampbell 16y ago> Digital product distribution has been completely botched by nearly every company recently. Is that the case, or is it the legal arms of media industries not ALLOWING distribution except under very specific circumstances? Maybe that's what you're saying here, but it seems like your trying to blame those to distribute, rather than onerous restrictions placed upon them by others.