XPost: comp.mobile.android, uk.telecom.mobile   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-03-18 20:39, David Wade wrote:   
   > On 18/03/2025 19:17, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >> On 2025-03-17 22:35, David Wade wrote:   
   >>> On 17/03/2025 20:28, Marion wrote:   
   >>>> On 17 Mar 2025 15:44:15 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote :   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Google has a specific term for this "country of the account"   
   >>>>> attribute, but I can't remember the name and it's too much effort   
   >>>>> to try   
   >>>>> to dig it up again.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> The term you're looking for is likely "Google Play country".   
   >>>> Sometimes it's called the "Play Store country".   
   >>>> >>> information-regarding-google-play-country-settings-you-should-know?   
   >>>> hl=en>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> It affects:   
   >>>> a. Content Availability   
   >>>> b. Pricing and Payment Methods   
   >>>> c. Legal and Regulatory Compliance   
   >>>>   
   >>>> *How to change your Google Play country*   
   >>>>    
   >>>>   
   >>>> Warning: There is a waiting period, and it's long (12 months!)   
   >>>> before you can change it again, so don't change it lightly!   
   >>>> >>> hl=en#:~:text=After%20you%20initially%20set%20up,you%20can%   
   0make%20another%20change>   
   >>>   
   >>> Which is why I have two accounts on my phone...   
   >>   
   >> Caray.   
   >>   
   >> And this because entities like Eroski says you can only have their app   
   >> if you are permanently living in Spain and have a Spanish phone.   
   >> Visitors are not allowed. This is ridiculous.   
   >   
   > At least Eroski, which is a Spanish supermarket chain doesn't Geofence   
   > their on-line ordering web site. The Carrefore Spain web site blocks me   
   > when I am in the UK but give a spurious message about invalid e-mail   
   > address. I also have a dual-sim phone. Eroski won't deliver white goods   
   > without a Spanish mobile number.   
      
   Yeah, I noticed when I send links to friends abroad pointing to some   
   stuff at Leroy Merlin, they are blocked, can not even see it. Some days   
   they can, some days they can not.   
      
   >   
   >>   
   >> I have some Canadian applications because I visit there when I can.   
   >> Things for finding the correct city bus, for instance. I see I have   
   >> been fortunate that they did not geoblock it.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Oddly, the first app I hit this with was for the local bus service. Just   
   > the sort of thing a tourist might need. However it seems to have gone   
   > altogether from the Web Store.   
      
   Right!   
      
   >   
   > Dave   
      
      
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   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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