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		stodor89 21 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder > "buy" Hozier's album > change countries > oh, you own this album for Bulgaria, but not for the US, so you can no longer play it

tart-lemonade 21 days ago [–]

Region-locked physical media (and before explicit region locking, PAL vs NTSC vs SECAM vs variants like PAL-M) also have this problem to some extent.

oarsinsync 21 days ago | [–]

Yes and no. I took my physical media with me along with my player, and all was fine.

I took my digital media with me along with my computer, and all was not fine.

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