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Originally Posted by Mike L

Define "overseas".

Everybody is overseas from somewhere.

Yes, I was unintentionally vague. The size of the body of water is unimportant to my question. I was writing sloppily.

short answer: by 'overseas' I mean any nation, jurisdiction etc where the policies/accessibility of the original purchase/gifting of the device do not apply, or semi-apply. For example, USA and Canada sometimes to have special business relations not quite identical but not quite entirely different, whereas if one buys a Kindle in Norway, then goes to do work in the Gulf states, maybe everything changes. Truthfully, I don't know.

So, I mean, in relation to one's tied-to-a-state identity/financial source payment method. I don't know of any modern nomadic people who don't have to answer to some Big Brother - financially, sexually, artistically, intellectually, politically etc (there are even some nations that will follow their citizens around the world for income earned elsewhere [taxes] or offences against the 'home' nation's culture/laws even though legal overseas: typically vice 'crimes' - drugs, prostitution, pornography, gambling, etc.) And as more than a few corporations, operate transnationally (e.g. Amazon) these aspects should be considered.

Back on subject... If one purchased/registered a device in one's home (whatever that means - I don't have one, I have a passport and a citizenship, but Canada is not my home - oops, there I go again!), for example, a first world Anglo nation (UK, Australia, USA, etc.) But it could just as easily be from the EU or parts of South America if Amazon is doing business there.

... and is an expat, tourist, business traveller etc elsewhere...

1. first world nations other than where one bought/registered (or not) the device (e.g. Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Brunei)
2. second world nations other than where one bought/registered (or not) the device (e.g. Malaysia, Thailand)
3. and third world (developing) nations other than where one bought/ registered the device (e.g. Bangladesh, Nepal, Indonesia)

I expect that these tiers of nations may have differences in downloading accessibility.

Regarding privacy, it has been my experience that while first world nations have more legal protections for privacy and 'leave me alone unless I hurt/defraud/steal from/assault/rape someone', in practice the opposite is true, whereas dictatorships and bizzare communist states, might in theory have less personal freedoms, for people who are passing by (and have money to spare - corruption is a two-edged sword) effectively have more personal freedom than back 'home'. This doesn't mean that the Kingdom of Inner Narnia mightn't not treat their own citizens like crap of course. But again, I have gotten off-topic into PT subjects.

And I am also curious to know which is more important in nomadic people's experience - where one obtained the actual device or where one registered it/subscribed to the content service. Based on a brief sampling of replies it appears that the later is more important to licensing/legal considerations.