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by zokier 4618 days ago
Android for all, except me:

> Sorry! Devices on Google Play is not available in your country yet.

Oh, wait, their "all" means "U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Japan and Korea", ie 10 out of 200ish countries in the world.

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It really bothers me that they disallow people altogether from seeing the page just because they live in the wrong country (or happen to be passing by). The web is not supposed to be like this.
Some countries have specific laws that apply to the advertisement or listing of products to users. I suspect that's part of the reasoning.