Lack of music/apps in South Africa

I know this topic has been discussed before, yet there never seems to be a satisfactory answer.
http://www.thyon.com/blog-entry/items/apples-lack-of-games-music-movies-tv-in-so uth-africa.html
The lack of availability of music, games and other apps on the iTunes store in South Africa makes no sense. Does anyone know the correct channels an individual would have to follow to make this aware to the higher ups at Apple? I know it wouldn't be difficult at all to get a large number of South Africans behind this change. Having music available for purchase on the iTunes store would be massive here, and this lack of availability does not seem to be caused by South African laws, but rather a lack of action from Apple. This issue seems to have been ongoing for years now.
I don't think wanting to spend money to purchase music and games legally should be such a problem for Apple to remedy.
Any ideas as to how we could tackle this would be awesome!

DavidKansal wrote:
Purchased a iPhone.
Its not worth for Music at all.
You cant shuffle / play the next song / forward the song until you tap the screen to unlock the auto lock. (obviously we can set the autolock off)
Music in Play, iPhone is in standby (screen off by autolock or whatever), how do u forward the song ? Nothing provided
You cant jump to next song....Unnnhhh
Way outs most welcome...
Even in lock mode, double click the home button - you'll get a volume control, a pause/play button and a reverse and forward button.
All explained in the iPhone manual.

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APP Store South Africa is a JOKE!

How can the no 6 top paid app on the South African app store be a guide for Angry Birds?
You can’t even download Angry Birds on the South African App store!
What a joke!
To get any decent apps from apple in South Africa you have to open a fake USA account.
Everyone with other brand phones can get all the apps in South Africa.
I am sure there are more “smaller” countries around the world with the same watered down service. I don’t think that apple realizes that all these little numbers will add up and turn on them
I am sure you will be able to guess what my next phone won’t be!

No one here can help you. Contact iTunes support & see what's going on:
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/

Does anyone know when/if Apple will unblock apps in South Africa?

We get maybe 10% of the apps available in the US. When will they release the rest?

This was the last thing said by either entity that I can find:
http://www.fpb.org.za/media-centre-fpb/press-release/111-film-publication-board- welcomes-the-launch-of-itunes-in-south-africa11
Where things stand at this point I don't know, though the long delay doesn't lead me to believe that much progress has been made.
Regards.

Games in iTunes Apps Store not available in South Africa?

Hi.
Does anyone know why the Games category for the iPhone and relevant games are not available in the iTunes Apps Store in South Africa?
I obviously live in SA and would like to download some games for the iPhone 3G.
A.

Either the answer is:
1) The developers of said applications (if you are referring to the iPhone and iPod Touch apps) excluded south Africa
2) Its an error in the iTunes store.
Unfortunately there is no way of knowing without emailing Apple directly since they aren't going to be able to comment here.

How do I find out if I can download music from South Africa? iTunes does not have a Music or Video department on my screen

How do I find out if I can download music in South Africa. iTunes does not have a logo for Music or Video when I open it - oly for App store, Podcast and iTunesU. I am doing something wrong?

Call Apple and ask them - International Support Phone #s

Does anyone have any idea when Apple will have one Global App store. In South Africa the apps available on the App Store are pathetic, eg. Angry Birds is not available to Iphone/ipad users here, however android users can purchase this app no problem.

If this continues, with the competition in the smart phone/android market, South Africans will start to can Apple devices due to the pathetic App Store for South Africa. The most popular games and Apps are not available here and until Apple get smart and make a Global Store for purchases not matter where you are in the world, Apple will continue to loose support. I have everything Apple, but am tired of the run around to try and buy good Apps.

If you will allow me to say so ... Calm down.
It really isn't the fault of Apple. The developers of apps, the writers of music and of books all have copyright or exclusivity deals through agents in order to market their creations.
These arrangements are usually conducted on an individual national basis and as a result what would be allowed in one country is not allowed in another if that is what the agent wants.
Apple has to negotiate through this mire to get the best deal it can yet always accepting that many other interested parties want similar privileges.
So you can see, like politics, world wide agreements are just not possible.

When will South Africa be getting further stores in iTunes such as music?

I live in South Africa and as a standard, we only get iTunes U, Podcasts and the App Store. I would like to know if and when SA might be getting it's own iTunes store for music, TV Shows ect. It becomes incredibly frustrating when I want to look at music that I need to change my country to the USA in my account. This causes problems as I have to change it back when ever I wish to download an app for my iPhone.

This is a user to user help forum only so no one here can answer this question.
This has more to do with those who own distribution rights for music that can be sold/distrubuted in South Africa.

South Africa App Store REALLY *****??

What is going on with the South Africa App Store?
There is no DRM on apps, so there is no reason that we cannot have exactly the same apps as the rest of the world.
But the No.1 rated app in the South Africa App store is KOI POND??
and NO GAMES WHATSOEVER?
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I agree, would Vodacom have any influence over that?
I still think its poor, if I can buy games on my PS3 and Steam and many other online platforms why not on Itunes?
It all just seems like a poor effort from Apple. Possibly a "couldn't care less" attitude.
I bought my first iPod because of the lure of buying music via iTunes, felt like I'd been conned when I actually installed it.
Got excited about the iPod games... (no DRM there right?) again sorry for me..
Guess I should have been already holding my ankles when I bought the iPhone to the lure of awesome games and phone thats also an iPod.
Imagine, I thought, waking up to my own custom play list in the morning...
Little did I know: its either a phone or an iPod, not both. You want a music Ring tone? SUCKER!!!! No music iTunes store in SA means NO MUSIC RING TONES FOR YOU!
So what that you have four of your favorite CD's right on the phone.
No sms forwarding either (why???)
and NO COOL GAMES! let alone any useful apps.
Here are some of my favorites:
*Australian Post Codes* ( Saves me having to memorize them )
*Point of Interest* (in Germany)
Delight(ful) (Where else would I get the kitchen utensils I import?)
Staumelder ( I just love Germain writing, I just can't help but stare ate the application description in wonder!)
*iBUS-Portland, OR* ( who wouldn't use that? AND its FREE)
I could go on and on, without even being able to list the ones that display as little blocks on my screen, I assume because I am in the wrong country.
But then I know I'm in the wrong country.... as far as iTunes and Apple are concerned anyway.
Since my first post was censored, I will say it again in a nice way:
Pretty please Apple, pay some attention to the (very) poor state of your iTunes SA Store,

I lived in the US for a few years, spent a fortune on iTunes [my then local Apple ID account]. Now I live in South Africa and want to use Match. I have a local credit card but how do I use my new / 2nd Apple ID and gain access to all my US music??

I lived in the US for a few years, spent a fortune on iTunes [my then local Apple ID account]. Now I live in South Africa and want to use Match. I have a local credit card but how do I use my new / 2nd Apple ID and gain access to all my US music??

You have to be in a country to use its store - you will need to be in the US and have a US billing address on your account to be able to use the US store (that applies to buying and redownloading).
You can use iTunes Match in South Africa, do you not have a backup copy of all of your US iTunes purchases so that you can subscribe to it and upload those that aren't in the South African store to it ?

I live in South Africa but i'm currently on holiday in the Uk. I'm trying to update my apps but it keeps telling me, "i'm not registered in the South African store" and i wont let me update apps - like my banking app which is necessary at the moment.

I live in South Africa but i'm currently on holiday in the Uk. I'm trying to update my apps but it keeps telling me, "i'm not registered in the South African store" and i wont let me update apps - like my banking app which is necessary at the moment. Please Help?

Change iTunes Store Country on an iDevice
1. Tap Settings;
2. Tap iTunes & App Stores;
3. Tap View Apple ID;
4. Enter your user name and password;
5. Tap Country/Region;
6. Tap Change Country/Region;
7. Select the region where you will be located;
8. Tap Done.
Also, see How to Change Your iTunes Store Account Location | eHow.com.

Does anyone know when infinity blade 2 will be on any other app store except the US? south africa to be specific...

does anyone know when infinity blade 2 will be on any other app store except the US? south africa to be specific...

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Purchasing music from South AFrica

Hi, Trying to purchase music thru' itunes, but when inputing my credit card details and asked to choose a country, South Africa is not listed. can anyone help?
thanks,

Richard, unfortunately there's nothing anyone can do.
South Africa doesn't have it's own store & the only
way you can purchase from another country's store is
to have a credit card with a billing address in that
country.
This is kind of stupid. I mean, I don't mind buying from the American or UK stores, but not being able to buy at all is a major bad idea. Apple not only misses out on potential customers, but also makes my and other's like me experience with iPod and iTunes less than it should and could be.
I mean what? Just because I'm Romanian or that guy is from South Africa, we are not allowed to use the iPod we've purchased and iTunes at their full potential. Just adding other countries as an option to the address information for a Music Store account doesn't seem like such a big deal.

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Can anyone explain why iTunes in South Africa is limited to App Store

In the South African store it appears we are restricted from purchasing anything other than AppStore items, for example:
All the iTunes store content is not available : i.e. no music, movies, ebooks, etc.
Also for the iPhone we cannot get access to any of the iPhone games advertised on Apple.com
Can anyone provide some clarity on why Apple has chosen to restrict this content in countries like South Africa, we have a number of other legal online ways to purchase music, movies, etc. online so it appears very strange that Apple have implemented this restriction.

Apple is limited by what the rights holders will allow them to sell. If they can not come to favorable terms with the people who own the distribution rights for the music, movies, television shows, they won't be able to set up an iTunes Store in that country. And, rights holders may not be the same in one country to the another.
You can be fairly certain that, as a profit making company, Apple would be more than happy to take your money if they could do so.
Best of luck.

Every time I try to download and app to my iPhone, it tells me that I need to change to South African App Store. I live in South Africa and have purchased apps before, what has changed ?

When purchasing an app on my iPhone, it says I must first change from the US App Store to South Africa, I live in South Africa and have downloaded several apps before without any problem. What has changed ?

Hi HayCam,
Sounds like you accidently got changed to another store....
So, go to Settings>iTunes & App Store, and click on your AppleID at the top. Then click on View account, sign in, and then click on Country/Region, and follow the instructions to change your store to South Africa.
That should take care of it!
Cheers,
GB

Lack of music/apps in South Africa

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