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[gc84245]

Get yourself a vpn provider and a disposable us phone number

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[ShadowLea]

Some services are USA only, true. Google Play Music, Hardware shop, Video store... But Google Play Store's games are available in pretty much 90% of the world.

If the basic play store apps are not available in your country, blame your government, not Google. They're the ones banning Google from selling their apps to you.

 

[gc84245]

If the basic play store apps are not available in your country, blame your government, not Google. They're the ones banning Google from selling their apps to you.

I don't think it's the government. If anything, blame the makers of the app/service for not making it available in your country.

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[ShadowLea]

I don't think it's the government. If anything, blame the makers of the app/service for not making it available in your country.

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Google Maps is available everywhere... Except when the government blocks it.

 

[gc84245]

Google Maps is available everywhere... Except when the government blocks it.

True, but other Google services are not. Google Play Music for example is not available in Canada.

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Google voice is another good example. I would love to have that here in Canada.

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[ShadowLea]

True, but other Google services are not. Google Play Music for example is not available in Canada.

Did I not just say that Google Play Music is USA only?

 

[SpookyTunes]

True, but other Google services are not. Google Play Music for example is not available in Canada.

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Google voice is another good example. I would love to have that here in Canada.

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Blame the "Record Labels" and the copyright laws for Google Play Music,
and the greedy Telecom giants for "Google Voice"

FWIW, Google Voice calls to Canada are free, and once you have an account, it works from anywhere (Montreal, Paris, etc.)
Try a free US proxy to create a Gmail account and add Google Voice.

 

[ROFLkopter]

In England we've recently had more of the Google Play Service stuff released here. Play Magazines were made available a few months ago, TV shows were made available recently, Play Games is available and Google Play Music Access All Areas is now available too. It may take a while sometimes but they usually end up coming eventually.

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[gc84245]

Blame the "Record Labels" and the copyright laws for Google Play Music,
and the greedy Telecom giants for "Google Voice"

FWIW, Google Voice calls to Canada are free, and once you have an account, it works from anywhere (Montreal, Paris, etc.)
Try a free US proxy to create a Gmail account and add Google Voice.

Thanks for the tip, I've already done that. Unfortunately I can't get a Canadian number though, so unless everyone I know does the same thing then they would have to pay long distance to call me.

As for it being blocked by the telecoms, I see no evidence of that. Actually, Dell offers something similar and its very useful, although there are not many area codes available.


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Some services are USA only, true. Google Play Music, Hardware shop, Video store... But Google Play Store's games are available in pretty much 90% of the world.

If the basic play store apps are not available in your country, blame your government, not Google. They're the ones banning Google from selling their apps to you.

Maybe I misinterpreted you, I thought you were talking about apps on the Google Play store, not specifically Google-made apps. A lot of apps are only available in the U.S. For that I blame the developers, not Google.

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[ShivaDiva]

Thanks for the tip, I've already done that. Unfortunately I can't get a Canadian number though, so unless everyone I know does the same thing then they would have to pay long distance to call me.

As for it being blocked by the telecoms, I see no evidence of that. Actually, Dell offers something similar and its very useful, although there are not many area codes available.


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Maybe I misinterpreted you, I thought you were talking about apps on the Google Play store, not specifically Google-made apps. A lot of apps are only available in the U.S. For that I blame the developers, not Google.

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But again, you can't really dump too hard on the devs either if it's still restricted and tied up based on crazy international governments' restrictions.

 

[gc84245]

But again, you can't really dump too hard on the devs either if it's still restricted and tied up based on crazy international governments' restrictions.

In most cases there are no government restrictions. I can't blame the developers in most cases though, that's their prerogative. I'm just surprised that even some of the big developers like Microsoft make their products US only.

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[ShivaDiva]

In most cases there are no government restrictions. I can't blame the developers in most cases though, that's their prerogative. I'm just surprised that even some of the big developers like Microsoft make their products US only.

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Hmm, should it really surprise you w/ MS, though?? (lol)

But if it makes you feel any better, it's not like MS does all that good of a job for some of it's products in its own home market either.....sooo, yeah, I don't see them doing wonders internationally when they can't even nail, at times, domestically.

Even if there's not government restrictions, per se, in some cases, I would still imagine that there are still some international 'logistics'/red tape behind the scenes that could still probably give most devs a bit of headache to bother w/ (hardware/software support, localization/translation, etc.).

 

[gc84245]

Hmm, should it really surprise you w/ MS, though?? (lol)

But if it makes you feel any better, it's not like MS does all that good of a job for some of it's products in its own home market either.....sooo, yeah, I don't see them doing wonders internationally when they can't even nail, at times, domestically.

Even if there's not government restrictions, per se, in some cases, I would still imagine that there are still some international 'logistics'/red tape behind the scenes that could still probably give most devs a bit of headache to bother w/ (hardware/software support, localization/translation, etc.).

Agree completely, that's why I cut them some slack
As for Microsoft, I agree again, there's no way I'm paying $100/year for Office when there are so many free alternatives.

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[SpookyTunes]

Thanks for the tip, I've already done that. Unfortunately I can't get a Canadian number though, so unless everyone I know does the same thing then they would have to pay long distance to call me.

As for it being blocked by the telecoms, I see no evidence of that. Actually, Dell offers something similar and its very useful, although there are not many area codes available.

Google Voice was originally Grand Central and was available in Canada. I have heard Google Canada Employees have Google Voice with Canada numbers. Some have reported that they were able to sideload the Android GV apk, and validate their Canadian mobile number. Others claim they got US GV numbers and then ported over Canadian numbers. No idea if this actually works, but worth a shot.

Most feel the carriers (Bell, Rogers, Tellus) who would lose revenue from lost calls to the USA and International bypassing them.

Google Wallet worked just fine on my old Nexus S after I sideloaded it. T-Mobile (and AT&T and Verizon) had Google block it in the Market to force users to use ISIS, which generates revenue for them. So even in the US, we have to deal with app blocking.

 

[bluesn0w]

Try to use vpn or market changer (need root)