Can Apple make it easy to download apps that are only available in iTunes stores in foreign countries.

I travel frequently to foreign countries. In many of these countries the apps for informing people on emergencies, local events etc. are only available in the local country Apps store. Another example are parking apps that are only available in the local store.


The advice from others in the community is to sign out and create a new id for the new country. This does not appear to be a good solution for a number of reasons because you end up having to give your temporary local address, which could be an AirBNB and the host might not like it.


Apple users must be having this issue all over the world, can Apple not allow their users access to local apps when they are in the location?


iMac 27″, macOS 11.7

Posted on Nov 4, 2024 11:35 PM

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Posted on Nov 5, 2024 06:15 AM

This is likely a complicated situation regarding licensing and country laws. Also, Apple cannot remove an app from your device—you have to do that. Plus how would they know you are no longer in the country unless you want to start to allow them to track your location and give them access to remove things from your phone. I think the cure may be worse than the problem here. ;-)

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Nov 5, 2024 06:15 AM in response to LVijayar

This is likely a complicated situation regarding licensing and country laws. Also, Apple cannot remove an app from your device—you have to do that. Plus how would they know you are no longer in the country unless you want to start to allow them to track your location and give them access to remove things from your phone. I think the cure may be worse than the problem here. ;-)

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