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Apple account terminated, not excited abt iPhone 5 anymore...

is it blocked permanently or just blocked from Indonesia. If it is the latter just use a vpn over wifi like www.unblock-us.com from your phone to make it look like your in the U.S. and download your apps and songs. You should be able to make purchases no problem using the vpn.
 
WeegieMac said:
Um, it's APPLES App Store, and developers have been PAID, handsomely, since 2008 for selling their apps via that store. Are you that naive that you believe Apple should sell Android and Windows Phone apps on its own App Store?
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ugh. yes but they still control who sells what and where.


im that naive to believe that its the *only* method of acquiring apps hence why it is monopolising it. unlike my Mac, i cannot download apps from the web. if i could, the OP could have access to more apps than the ones available in the Indonesian app store. yes, there is jailbreaking but not everyone is comfortable hacking an OS.
 
Yeah it happend 2 times for me, both i was using virtual cards and for some reason they declined because of couple of cents :( they didnt give me enough time to reload and blocked the account, when i contacted support they asked me for bill statement wich i provided and just got emails saying my account was terminated and they i could still use the apps i bought but its complete ******** because you cant update apps when account is blocked nor you can re-download....

Atm im using giftcards since the 4s launch and not yet to have a problem but with ios6 i noticed that when you go to the appstore it goes to the country you are located :( and most of the time it have to redirect to US store, hope theres no 3rd strike lol
 
swingerofbirch said:
Season 15, episode 1. They have all the episodes free on:

http://www.southparkstudios.com (legal site, in case a mod is worried)

Not sure if it will stream in Indonesia, though.

And yes, you can call AppleCare even if you don't have AppleCare. AppleCare is both the name of the group of people you call and the support plan. Still, they may tell you that you need to buy AppleCare (the plan) or pay $29 for support. Just say it's an iTunes Store question and if they still want to charge you, ask to speak to a supervisor.

Good luck.
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We can't watch these streaming episodes outside USA. Internets, you've done it again.
 
Troneas said:
ugh. yes but they still control who sells what and where.


im that naive to believe that its the *only* method of acquiring apps hence why it is monopolising it. unlike my Mac, i cannot download apps from the web. if i could, the OP could have access to more apps than the ones available in the Indonesian app store. yes, there is jailbreaking but not everyone is comfortable hacking an OS.
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Of course they control who can sell what. There are, believe it or not, malicious people out there who would happily take advantage of an open and unsupervised App Store free of control and approval/decline systems.

It sounds like you're whining for the sake of finding something very trivial to whine about. I like knowing that there is one place I can go for apps, that I can trust them, and that I don't need to launch a browser on my phone or tablet and trust a web search to return a site to download an app directly.

You cannot compare the desktop to the mobile landscape when it comes to acquiring and installing applications, they are entirely different.
 
WeegieMac said:
Of course they control who can sell what. There are, believe it or not, malicious people out there who would happily take advantage of an open and unsupervised App Store free of control and approval/decline systems.

It sounds like you're whining for the sake of finding something very trivial to whine about. I like knowing that there is one place I can go for apps, that I can trust them, and that I don't need to launch a browser on my phone or tablet and trust a web search to return a site to download an app directly.

You cannot compare the desktop to the mobile landscape when it comes to acquiring and installing applications, they are entirely different.
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i dont mind the appstore as is... the point is that there is *only" an appstore. why couldnt there be other stores? such as STEAM on your PC or Mac?

you can do what you like with your money and trust but others should be able to do differently if they wanted.

and what is the difference between the desktop and mobile landscape?

dont they both have a OS? Dont they both have third party apps available to download? Dont you interact with these apps? like it or not a smartphone is by all intents and purposes a computer. A computer with a phone.
 
You have a good point. I can imagine a non-Apple app store would become a support headache for Apple.
 
VulchR said:
It's such a silly rule - why doesn't apple allow transfer of purchases from one store to another? I'd be willing to bet it's about tax 'minimization'. I also wonder how Apple could enforce this fairly given the prevalence of VPN's.
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Rights agreements. A deal here for content may not apply globally.
 
linkgx1 said:
Um....I still don't see INFINITY BLADE on the Play store!:p
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And it just happens to be I don't use infinity blade. I said all the main apps I use are on the Play Store. I have no interest in crap iPhone games.
 
Geckotek said:
The existence of apps that jack your personal info isn't subjective. The fact is the Android app store is laden with cheap crappy knock-offs of actual quality apps (not that the quality apps aren't there too) and apps that are there specifically to steal your data. The Apple walled-garden is actually a good thing for these reasons.

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That may be true, but most consumers arenot privy to this and as a result will lash out at Apple. Does Apple have anything explaining limitations in other countries to inform customers? This would be helpful I would think.
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http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/07/apple-let-malware-into-its-ios-app-store/
 
WRIGHTRACING said:
Thanks for your input...are you on the Apple lawyer team that Sued Samsung?:D
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It's not even about that, though. Yes, it truly sucks. But... you broke the ToA and it's as simple as that. Apple is in the right and you are in the wrong.

I know that's not what you want to hear but...
 
Geckotek said:
Edit: NVM ANY of that I posted earlier...lol. This just says it ALL....

http://www.bgr.com/2012/08/17/android-malware-q2-2012-study/
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I absolutely agree that Android has far more malware than iOS, however Apple's walled garden has its own share of it as well. Also the kind of apps that contain malware are the kind of apps that any even moderately techie person would know to avoid (those that frequent this forum for example). So as far as a reason not to use Android that point is far from valid.

Anyways I digress, I don't wish to waste any more of my time in another one of these pointless iOS vs Android discussions, arguments, whatever...
 
I can't really understand what the fuzz is about. I also have multiple iTunes accounts. Difference is, I don't use gift cards, I use CC or bank accounts. So far no problems. Have to add that I install mainly free apps (and I think it's idiotic to require a bank account so you can install free apps).

I wonder were is the TOS violation? If I have an iTunes account in A, and make holidays in B then I am not allowed to access the iTunes store?

PS: The Android store is amazing and way more flexible - but really lacks iOS apps, hence I don't understand those comments.
 
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racer1441 said:
Rights agreements. A deal here for content may not apply globally.
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Ah - you're probably correct. I'm just wondering now when the multimedia businesses will force airport security to reset iPhones when people leave the country.... Or even worse, force mobile phone manufacturers to use GPS to block content.

The entertainment industry really is stupid.
 
what happens when you are using US credit card and you stay in some other country.

US credit card is linked with your itunes account.
 
ChristianJapan said:
Bruce Willis, but a bit different case:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthony...le-over-right-to-bequeath-his-itunes-library/

Not sure if he would win ...
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Huh... interesting. Never knew that. I guess we just have to read the ToA really carefully. :D


flameproof said:
I can't really understand what the fuzz is about. I also have multiple iTunes accounts. Difference is, I don't use gift cards, I use CC or bank accounts. So far no problems. Have to add that I install mainly free apps (and I think it's idiotic to require a bank account so you can install free apps).

I wonder were is the TOS violation? If I have an iTunes account in A, and make holidays in B then I am not allowed to access the iTunes store?

PS: The Android store is amazing and way more flexible - but really lacks iOS apps, hence I don't understand those comments.
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They didn't block me for 8 months. So I guess you have to be away for a longer time? Or I'm just really unlucky. Lol. I'm starting to think it's the latter. Because a friend of mine has been away from US for a few years and he is still buying from US iTunes store. He is the one who told me to buy gift cards (he's using gc too) in order to purchase from the US store.
 
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