On the iOS App Stores, everything is region-locked and DRM'd, even those which are free. Sticking to free apps isn't an opt-out of iOS's DRM.
For example, even though Apple advertises "the App Store", there isn't an App Store. There's one per country. I've seen some cool apps mentioned on blogs and such that I would love to have, but even if they are free, if I'm not in the right country, I can't download them.
(Yes, I could probably 'jailbreak' my iPod, or sign up for an Apple ID with a fake address, or some other nonsense. Doesn't change the fact that Apple's DRM has such restrictions.)
It seems funny to me that Amazon has no trouble shipping pretty much any item from any country to any other country, but Apple can't deliver bits across borders.
I don't disagree with your comment, but Amazon do have trouble shipping items across countries, if I go to Amazon.com right now, 8/15 of their "recommended" items for me are being marked as "We are not able to ship this item to your default shipping address." This selection is even narrower with a country-specific Amazon, e.g. Amazon Japan only ships books and movie DVDs internationally but nothing else.
For example, even though Apple advertises "the App Store", there isn't an App Store. There's one per country. I've seen some cool apps mentioned on blogs and such that I would love to have, but even if they are free, if I'm not in the right country, I can't download them.
(Yes, I could probably 'jailbreak' my iPod, or sign up for an Apple ID with a fake address, or some other nonsense. Doesn't change the fact that Apple's DRM has such restrictions.)
It seems funny to me that Amazon has no trouble shipping pretty much any item from any country to any other country, but Apple can't deliver bits across borders.