I wrote in several rows about the fact that Apple is discriminating visible when it comes to applications and content for IOS and Ipados. In Europa de East We are a few countries that we unfortunately used to with "double standard". Let's receive Products of a lower quality than those in Western Europe and the door, even if they are sold Under the same label ... and often more expensive.
The same "double standard" applies to Apple when it comes to applications and services, although we all buy devices iPhone, iPad, Mac And others, just as expensive. Or even more expensive, due to taxes and additions.
If I was in US, I would buy a iPhone 11 Pro / 64GB with $999, directly from Apple.com. Being in a country of Eastern Europe, the lowest price is of $1.275 (conversie LEI > USD).
I buy it and make my subscriptions to Apple Music, icloud Storage, Apple Arcade And other services, like a user from US, UK, Canada or Australia. Only the limitations intervene here. application Apple News I can't use it because is not available in the country from which they are, and Apple knows this based on debit / credit card attached to Apple ID. I use a trick, changing the region and manage to have Apple News on iPhone, iPad and Mac, after which I find that certain information channels are blocked for the country. And we don't talk here about who knows what sources of local interest. For example, I don't see why I couldn't have a subscription Apple News+, to read articles of general culture or from any other sphere. In English, because it doesn't bother me. Or to have access to channels like National Geographic.
National Geographic is present at all cable TV operators, but in Apple News it is "Channel Unavailable / This channel isn’t currently available in your region“. Nice.
Few users know (neither would they have to note), like some games and applications in App Store They are not accessible unless they have Apple ID recorded on US, Canada, UK or Australia. For users from other geographical regions, those games and applications do not exist. I cannot see them, I can find out about them only by chance, through a review blog or etc portal.
Apple Music He enjoys the largest song bookstore in the world. Fish 60 million songs in Apple Music, service accessible exclusively on the basis of a monthly subscription. Only subscribers in US, Canada and UK benefit from all content. The rest do not have the ears suitable for certain songs. "This song not currently available in your country or region“.
The list of services, characteristics and applications available in a limited number of countries, can continue with Apple CarPlay, Siri, Apple Pay, QuickPath, iTunes Store Movies and iTunes Store TV Shows, Notes / Searchable Handwriting And others. We do not say any more about extra guarantees and services / discounts for students / education.
It is good, however, that Apple has published a The complete list of the availability of services and characteristics according to language and region, but what is not said there is that although in certain regions Services are available, these offers a limited content.
I am surprised that so far, the EU has not been noticed about these aberrant limitations imposed by Apple. It is never late, and as other giants suffered, it would be funny to see " is not currently available in UE“.
to be continued …
