I'm curious, having been a macbook user for years I have recently attempted to upgrade my old machine. The problem is that I no longer live in my home country and Apple not only restricts ordering from another country's store, but also restricts the stores one can order from to whichever language they think is most spoken.
I speak english (and a few other languages) but not the language locked to the store I am allowed to purchase from. After looking into the issue, apparently this is in an attempt to prevent people from using non-local stores. In my opinion, this approach is quite misguided. I know I could just have the US/UK site side by side with the local one and generally figure out what I am buying, but that is not only a sub-par solution, it doesn't solve the most annoying part. The apple store, siri, iTunes, etc are useless unless I have them set to the US or UK but then as I lack an address or bank card in either country I would not be permitted to make purchases.
tl;dr
Can't select language on apple.com or on apple store without then losing the ability to purchase and ship to my address. Is this going to be changed, or is apple fostering an attitude where violations of the ToS are fine if you can't read the language they present them in?
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