@wackoae not just price but availability too. I don't live in the US but I would like to watch US TV shows and movies. I don't want to have to wait until they are released outside of the US. I am happy to pay and even pay a premium but I don't want to wait.
Apple + iTunes is good in that so long as I have a credit card of a country I can access content from that countries iTunes store and consume anywhere. This includes streaming to AppleTV from the US store (for example) whilst overseas. Other online stores, e.g. Xbox, Sony, Netflix, do not provide the same functionality.
Sure there are ways around location issues, e.g. VPN, but they are not always straight forward to set up and really shouldn't be necessary.
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