Negative consequences of Apple's decision

Apple has only allowed the App store in Singapore but not the full iTunes store, they said that this was due to piracy in Asia. There are possibly a few negative consequences if Apple does not allow the full iTunes store in certain Asian countries, this might motivate and even challenge hackers to try to hack and get songs and books for free. Not allowing the full iTunes store would prevent the iTunes store from earning money which could be from sales in Asian countries.

Not allowing the full iTunes store in some Asian countries would result in negative consequences like challenging hackers to try to get songs and books for free. iTunes is such a globalized store that everyone knows about it and goes to it to buy books, songs or even movies. If someone was planning on buying an album on iTunes and found out that iTunes was not available, what would he or she do? The person could possibly go out to any mall and look for the album on the shelves of a CD shop. But due to the laziness of modern teens and sometimes inconvenience cause people to go online and find the songs on the album online. When they search for a source to download their songs from, the website that allows the visitor is most likely pirated. Thus disallowing iTunes in Asian countries like Singapore would actually encourage people to turn to piracy, what is more is that it is free.

Not allowing the full iTunes store in some Asian countries would result in negative consequences like losing potential sales of songs, books and movies in Asian countries. When Apple disallowed iTunes in Asian countries, it is actually losing sales to 60% of the world's population. If Apple had chosen to allow iTunes in Asian countries including Singapore, they would have made much more money. They might have even earned twice as much as they have earned from the other countries.