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by shadowtree 31 days ago
It is legitimately impossible to purchase certain movies, especially classic, in any format due to regional blocks.

Simple example: "The Things of Life", a classic French movie from 1970. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Things_of_Life

No way to get it in the US. No physical media, no streaming. It is on Apple TV ... in France.

You can torrent it.

Utterly brokem model.

Music is the same btw, Apple Music and Spotify geoblock music. Workaround is to add to your library when traveling in EU. Insane.
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juliend2 31 days ago
And for some non-geoblocked music, if you want to actually purchase the song as MP3, there's no way unless you have a Mac or Windows PC to install iTunes (too bad for Linux users).

https://uk.7digital.com/ has a lot of songs available in MP3 format, but not as many as on iTunes.

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leafmeal 31 days ago
If you're open to physical media you can probably request it through your library, or similarly buy the dvd from ebay or something.
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