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Change Country and you loose all past purchases!

Having the iTunes ID tied to a region is so outdated and reminds you on the DVD Region Codes. We live in a globally connected world, and Apple is still restricting users to 20th century national borders. What the heck!!!!

Historically I have a US iTunes account having lived there when the account was opened. Over the years I purchased many movies, apps and music. Even now I prefer to purchase original English language movies.

With the recent relocation to Europe, I am stuck with my US account. Switching the country would not allow me to re-download any previously purchased movie, app or music. If I loose my local copy, a couple thousand dollars worth of content vanish into thin air. With apps I cannot even get free updates anymore and would have to re-purchase them. And forget any running subscriptions. That is insane.

Not having a local iTunes account is not an option either. Many iOS apps are region specific. For example I cannot download the local public transportation app from the US store. I cannot watch local movies as they are only available in the local store.

To make things worse, we also have family ties to Mexico and travel the country frequently. Still no access to local content. No access to many iOS apps, no access to original Spanish language content.

The artificial restriction to national borders must stop. That is not the world we live in, and discriminates millions of people with a multi heritage background. It forces international families to subscribe to a single country, restricting local access and cutting cultural ties.

Before it can potentially change all of the content providers will have to agree to it - different countries can have different rights-holders for an album or film etc., and items might not even be available from iTunes in another country. Content providers want control over how and where their content is available.

If I loose my local copy, a couple thousand dollars worth of content vanish into thin air.

The store's terms advise you to backup anything that you download, even if you don't move countries there is no guarantee of being able to redownload it, a film or album could be removed from a country's store by its rights-holder at any time.

I am stuck with my US account

You have to be in the US to use the US store, Apple can permanently disable accounts.

最后更新：2017-09-22 17:30:35

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