[izacus]

Somehow Apple and some other companies manage to handle that way better, including offline downloads for content and the ability to give them my EUR.

Google on the other hand refuses to even show us Podcasts category on Play music. Podcasts.

[fpgeek]

You're comparing apples and oranges. Apple doesn't provide anything like YouTube. If they did, they would have similar issues - there are all sorts of legal and business constraints associated with that kind of service.

A more appropriate comparison would be comparing the iTunes movie and TV store with Google's equivalent (Google Play Movies & TV):

* Both have movie purchases in over 100 countries. Apple has TV purchases in 6 countries [1]. Google has them in 8 [2]

* Both allow offline download of purchased videos. Google also allows downloading purchases to SD cards (less relevant for Apple).

* Google has a web-based player for purchased videos. Apple doesn't, AFAIK.

* Apple has carrier billing in 6 countries [3]. Google has it in 45 [4]. Google also allows you to use PayPal in a number of countries.

[1] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204411

[2] https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/2843119?hl=en

[3] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205102

[4] https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/2651410?hl=en

[Sargos]

Apple doesn't have anything like YouTube.

And Google Play which is Google's equivalent of Apple's iTunes does allow offline downloads and does take your money.

[haldean]

There's a podcasts section in the Google Music Android app; what are you referring to?

[izacus]

The fact that there is no podcast section my Google Music Android app. Google managed to region lock podcasts.