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by walterbell 499 days ago
Media (music, film, TV, app) content licenses are country specific. Apple is relatively good about providing global access to purchased content. Amazon alters the list of available titles based on client IP/VPN geolocation. Some streaming vendors entirely block client devices based on IP/VPN geolocation.
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To nuance, the Kindle store is more open than any of the stores I know of. As long as the account is created on the right country store, Amazon won't care about a real address or the credit card's country and will allow for digital purchases of any content available.

Streaming goes through the Prime portal so it's more tricky, but getting access to foreign ebooks without trouble is to me a pretty big deal.

They also allow country changes with content retention.
It is a MASSIVE pain in the ass to go through this process.
Kobo/Rakuten doesn't care either FYI.
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