[npinguy]

The ability to do something does not hold any weight with the people you're trying to convince. "Oh sure, Apple can revoke my access time, but they never would!"

It's the same thing as "Oh I'm sure the government COULD access all my data, but why would they want to?"

Region-locking affects more people than you might think, just not with DVDs anymore. Most of the world using reddit/hackernews/the internet is constantly faced with the frustration of clicking on a youtube link and seeing the copyright notice that says the content is restricted to US-only.

[byuu]

The US gets that, too. We get it a bit less because so much is produced here; but I've definitely had my share of "Sorry, the owner of this video has not made it available in your region" notices.

It would be nice if it told me which regions were allowed, so I knew which VPN I should use :P