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Apple's Haves and Have Nots, Around the World
Rambo Tribble writes "As this story in the Economist notes, Apple's policies regarding international sales are often confusing and outdated. Apparently, Apple either hasn't been aware of political and social changes in the world over the last 20 years, or doesn't wish to acknowledge them."
Soulskill rightly notes that at least some of the complained-about policies boil down to Apple's adherence to local copyright and licensing laws.
That's a good thing, isn't it? If there's such a tax, you can download all the content you want. After all, you paid for it when you bought the storage medium.
You clearly don't know what you're talking about. The Apple design is faultless in this regard.
You click on the USA flag, and then select either the Russian flag, or a flag of some other country that Apple trades in. Couldn't be easier. Once selected, that country will remain for future visits to the site. The top of the screen is reserved for frequently used navigation tasks. A one off preference does NOT belong there. Just because a user may not speak English does not mean that they are a simpleton who can't scroll down to where the less frequently used items are.
For whatever business reason they don't trade in the Ukraine. But that's not a website design issue.
Your inability to understand the difference between the words "distributor" and "reseller" is not a web-site design problem. It's a literacy problem on your part. In any product supply chain, distributors operate in the levels between manufacturer and resellers. Distributors don't sell to consumers.
I wonder if there's a correlation with the countries' attitudes - social and legal - towards homosexuality?
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."