caladanian

The limited availability of apps is a pain in the ass, I switch between 4 Apple ID’s (one German, one Norwegian, one US and one UK) to be able to download several special apps not available in the other app stores. 

Even worse: Apple News does not work even after switching to the right App Store and downloading the app. It recognises that my main (iCloud) Apple ID is not US. Sigh. I just wanted to read the news. 

Family sharing between me (Norway) and my mother (Germany) does not work either. 

At least there should be one common european App Store - not a dozen ones. Not sure if I’ll be still alive when this will be combined user friendly. Be more cosmopolitan, Apple!

MS

mbenz1962 said:

Unfortunately, it seems to only be available in the German iTunes Store. My phone is set to the US iTunes Store and so I cannot download the app even though I would be willing to use it here. 

I never changed iTunes stores even after I moved here as I had purchased more than a hundred movies from the US store before I moved, and there isn’t an easy way to switch back and forth. 

When you switch stores Apple only gives you a warning that some items in your library may not be available in your newly selected store. A comprehensive list would be great so that you can see if it is just one old episode of a TV show you bought and haven’t watched 10 years won’t be available after the change or if it means 80% of your movie library will no longer be accessible. 

Additionally you have to cancel all subscriptions (including Apple Music), spend all store credit in your account and potentially leave your family sharing group. This is just too much trouble to go through for me personally.
It is a shame that many app developers outside of the US only make their apps available in just one country or a few neighboring countries. Many US developers make their games, productivity and other apps in a wide variety of iTunes storefronts.

chasm said:

zroger73 said:

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I'm not sure if Apple can produce a HomePod that's dramatically smaller than the present one and still get such amazing sound out of it, but clearly the market for "smart speakers that can play music really well" is a tiny fraction of the "smart speaker that can do silly novelty tricks, some of which are useful" market ...