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Comment by blunte | Hacker News Reader

This game is not available in the Dutch Apple App Store :(

Is there any way I can diagnose this? As far as I can tell Angeldust is actually available on both the Mac and iTunes App Store. Any feedback or advice is welcome here.

I originally followed your link on your website, which opened App Store and gave me that notice about it not being available in this country.

However, now I just opened App Store, searched for "angeldust", and bought it for less than 5€... so clearly it is available.

So it has something to do with the path a user takes from the link on your website thru the Apple dialog that asks where to open the link [App Store], etc.

Thanks so much for taking the time to follow up. I think you are right on the money with my website-link being stale or outdated. I've contacted Apple to diagnose and fix the issue. If you—or another hacker—knows a good way to link to apps on the iTunes App Store from a website I'd love to hear it. Apple's link builder seems to tie in a regional preference which might not match the user's actual region.

Even though it's 03:06 at midnight local time I just shot Apple a support ticket asking for help. I assure you that Angeldust is/should be available on both the iTunes and Mac App Store.

If you're still interested in trying out the product, can you try manually searching for "Angeldust"? I'm using the Dutch App Store(s) and the product shows up on multiple Macs and with/without being signed in.

Same for the UK.

Sorry for taking a while to reply—I contacted Apple support and it seems like the issue is out of my control. For both you and the GP comment I'd like to refer you to my reply here with background and more information:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21872869

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