The UK is probably Apple's second market after the US, I'm sure you could provide a second giveaway for us.
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MacRumors Giveaways... Why are they only open to U.S. residents?
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kinda funny because Android Authority can do international giveaways but Macrumors can't. 
Are they complying with all the necessary regulations?kinda funny because Android Authority can do international giveaways but Macrumors can't.
That doesn't really imply that's the case though. Plenty of people speed most of the time and never get a ticket for it, but it doesn't mean that someone going the speed limit is somehow wrong for not going faster like some others usually do even if they don't end up with tickets.Haven't heard them being arrested or fined by any authority
Well they have had multiple international giveaways and many youtubers have as well. If they can do it I don't know why Macrumors can't. And plus even if they can't, then change the title of the posts so that international readers don't waste their time.
Hopefully in the future they'll might be able to. That said, that's quite a liberal use of "waste of time" there.
i find that hard to believe, we're a country of what, 65 million people? sure, it's important and fairly big but i dont think you could ever call the UK apple's "second market".
maybe some giveaways in china to draw in new readers from the actual 2nd market would go down well..
The second market after the US is China. And I think Japan has a higher adoption of Apple products than the UK as well.
Would be nice to have a European competition some day. Must cover a lot of the readership here?
Push for better laws then. It's janky European tax and contest laws that prevent a lot of online contests.
From what i know no country in the EU forbid people to receive gifts. I wonder what laws are you referring to?
Macrumors have said this before - its just gets so complex once you expand outside the US - yes they could start Europe but there lawyers may not protect them or it just costs too much - its not like a major company and they cannot expand safely
Like clockwork, every giveaway has at least one person questioning the US only rule. Maybe the first person to do so should also get a prize.
Sucks. I've been a member on this forum for years, but cause I live in Australia I've been excluded from every competition Macrumors run. If international giveaways are too complex, how about running one competition exclusively for Aussies, or one exclusively for people in the UK? Plenty of us here being neglected.
Can't enter if I'm in Britain? Rubbish.
I live in the uk and I can understand if something requires shipping as its expensive but competitions like this well seriously what's the reason this time!
You can blame government regulations and the bureaucratic control-freaks who want to micromanage every aspect of your life.
Very much THIS
What is the problem sending a Username and Password over the internet to anywhere in the world, if it's something physical I can understand Macrumors but not this time.
Very unfair. I always thought this was an international forum but now it's quite apparent that it's only for Americans
The reasons for this has been discussed like 200 times on here.
Competitions like this are also only for US residents (OMG ... you need to get rid of your funny laws in the US). :-(
It's not the US laws/regulations that are the issue, as the preceding reply explains.