History Main / BadExportForYou

** In the [[DorkAge twilight years]] of ''G1'', both the Breastforce and the Brainmasters, previously [[Anime/TransformersVictory Japanese-exclusive,]] were released in Europe. However, under a belief that CombiningMecha wouldn't sell, they were [[PaletteSwap recolored]], [[DubNameChange renamed]] as the Rescue Force and the Motorvators, and most importantly, were stripped of most of their accessories--including the parts that made their combinations possible. And on top of that, Rescue Force lost two of its members. Hilariously, both their combinations are still [[DummiedOut sort of possible]], but... well, compare [[https://i.imgur.com/SPz4Gwr.png Liokaiser]] and [[https://i.imgur.com/RNLDuJj.jpg Road Caesar]] to "[[https://i.imgur.com/DUYgpYv.jpg Big Rescue Force]]" and "[[https://i.imgur.com/AjiG8bI.jpg Big Motorvator]]." It's particularly stinging, since [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes neither set has ever been reissued]], even in Japan, so the watered-down versions are pretty much the only semi-reasonably-priced option. As [[WebVideo/ThewsAwesomeTransformersReviews Thew Adams]] said of Rescue Force 3, "the best thing I can expect out of him is that one day, I'll have to replace him."

** When the 1991 Creator/HollywoodRecords remasters made for the US market were released outside of North America a few years later as the "Digital Master Series", the bonus tracks were omitted and the packaging simply reused that of the original Creator/{{EMI}} and Creator/ParlophoneRecords [=CDs=] rather than featuring the new designs.

* Music/DuranDuran's second LP ''Music/{{Rio}}'' was remixed by David Kershenbaum for the US to give the album a dance/club-friendly sound compared to the rock-tinged original UK release of the LP. The US finally got the correct version of the album in 1986 when Creator/CapitolRecords released the album on CD. Because of the initial popularity of the dance remixes in the US, the re-release of the album in 2009 includes both versions of the album.

* For a while in the mid-2000s, record companies would sometimes release UK albums outside the UK with a track missing, with the intent of making people import the (more expensive) UK versions, examples being Jamiroquai's ''Dynamite'' and Kaiser Chiefs' ''Employment''. They all have UK-exclusive songs that were supposed to be part of the actual album.
** This is also frequently [[InvertedTrope inverted]], with later international releases often getting [[BonusMaterial bonus tracks]] that the initial North American releases do not. Niall Stokes writes about one such bonus track ("Fast Cars" from Music/{{U2}}'s ''How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb'') in ''[[http://books.google.ca/books?id=VX9LPgAACAAJ&dq=The+Stories+Behind+Every+U2+Song&hl=en&sa=X&ei=oAD8ULr6HYOG8QSTyoCICg&redir_esc=y The Stories Behind Every U2 Song]]'': "''They needed an extra track in Japan. It's to do with release dates and the dangers of imported copies – and so it's a tradition with U2 to give their Japanese fans something extra as a kind of bonus for waiting. The UK and Ireland generally get the benefit – in this instance with the inclusion of 'Fast Cars' on the album release.''" [[note]]This example doubles as an example of a European band (or at least their record label) treating North America as a "domestic" release, and their home country (Ireland) as "international".[[/note]]
** The original release of Music/FlamingLips' ''The Soft Bulletin'' ended up with one song exclusive to the US edition and another song exclusive to the UK and Australia - U.S. copies had "The Spiderbite Song" as the third track, while UK and Australian copies had "Slow Motion" in its place. The U.S. vinyl edition and a later U.S. CD reissue included both songs, but "The Spiderbite Song" remains exclusive to the U.S. on CD or vinyl.

* Inverted with Music/TheBeatles' album ''Film/MagicalMysteryTour''. In Britain, it was a 7" EP, encompassing most (but not all) of the songs from the TV movie. "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever" were not present, as British practice at the time was to keep singles and albums totally separate. The US version was an expanded full 12" album that restored the single tracks and added a few more songs as well. In fact, now the US version IS the canonical version of the album on both sides of the Atlantic.
** It's notable that the US album was considered for release in the UK at the time, but it was felt the double EP was better value. However, demand for the US version was so high that it became a canon UK album when reissued in the 1970s, and many people forgot about the EP. Despite this, there are still fans who don't see it as a proper album.
* During the 1960s, it was routine for US music labels, when importing UK albums, to remove a few songs. When they'd accumulated enough extra songs, they'd be released as an "extra" album.
** In the case of The Beatles, Capitol removed tracks and added singles and filler to them so that they could release 'new' albums later on. A particular JustForFun/{{egregious}} example of their policy is taking Side 1 of the UK Help! album, interspersing its tracks with the orchestral score from the Help! movie (not performed by The Beatles), and releasing this as the US Help! album. With the second side of Help!, they spread the 7 tracks amongst three albums, Beatles VI, Rubber Soul (US) and Yesterday And Today. The Beatles were so annoyed with the latter that they insisted Capitol stopped the process. The only US album released later was Hey Jude, which was a compilation of non-album singles and the previously soundtrack only (in the US) Can't Buy Me Love and I Should Have Known Better. This was released as a stopgap whilst the band worked on Abbey Road (they had promised Capitol the album Get Back aka Let It Be but weren't satisfied with it at the time).[[note]]It certainly didn't help that Capitol put the executive who'd rejected four of the first five Beatles singles for American release in charge of their albums.[[/note]]

* Music/DuranDuran's second LP "Rio" was remixed by David Kershenbaum for the US to give the album a dance/club-friendly sound compared to the rock-tinged original UK release of the LP. The US finally got the correct version of the album in 1986 when Creator/CapitolRecords released the album on CD. Because of the initial popularity of the dance remixes in the US, the re-release of the album in 2009 includes both versions of the album.

* Besides adding or removing tracks for international releases, record companies have annoyed fans (and delighted record collectors) by [[VariantCover altering album artwork]], such as adding text to a TextlessAlbumCover or replacing the album art completely for various reasons, such as censorship (usually involving replacing the cover with a tamer image) or just using a design that the company thinks will appeal to a particular market.

* Another common annoyance for American collectors of British artists was American record labels altering the album artwork, either censoring a racy image to get into Middle American discount stores that wouldn't stock the album otherwise or just out of an attempt to make the album more marketable, like adding text to a TextlessAlbumCover.

** When the 1991 Creator/HollywoodRecords remasters were released outside of North America a few years later as the "Digital Master Series", the bonus tracks were omitted and the packaging simply reused that of the original Creator/{{EMI}} and Creator/ParlophoneRecords [=CDs=] rather than featuring the new designs.

* Music/{{Queen|Band}}: The original South Korean release of ''Music/{{News of the World|Queen}}'' dropped "Get Down, Make Love" due to the government there considering it inappropriate.

* One particularly egregious case was the remasters of Music/{{Kraftwerk}}. If American fans wanted to get their hands on remastered versions of ''Music/ComputerWorld'', ''Music/ElectricCafe'', or ''The Mix'', they had to either import them, shell out the cash for the [[LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition Catalogue box set]], or buy each album with [[TheMerch T-shirts and mousepads on the Kling Klang Shop]] for even more. This can be chalked up to label issues: shortly after their (initial) worldwide signing to Creator/{{EMI}}, they were dissatisfied with Creator/CapitolRecords’ handling of ''Music/TheManMachine'', [[ChannelHop quickly inked a new American deal with]] Creator/WarnerBrosRecords, switched again to Creator/ElektraRecords, and subsequently returned to EMI in America through its semi-independent electronic division Astralwerks. When Astralwerks released the Kraftwerk remasters, they were [[ScrewedByTheLawyers only allowed to release Kraftwerk’s Warner/Elektra output in ''The Catalog'', and had to also keep the remasters off US and Canadian streaming.]] Then came [[Creator/UniversalMusicGroup UMG]]’s purchase of EMI, and UMG having to sell Kraftwerk’s catalogue as part of Creator/ParlophoneRecords to [[Creator/WarnerMusicGroup WMG]]…which is also Warner and Elektra’s parent company. Although all the remasters are now streaming in America, considering ''The Catalogue'' has not been reprinted at all since then, and WMG’s own [[Creator/RhinoRecords reissue label]] has not rereleased their Elektra albums physically in remastered form in North America (although record stores do get expensive imports of the colored vinyls from time to time), [[ShaggyDogStory perhaps all the rights wrangling was for naught.]]
* Music/YellowMagicOrchestra's [[Music/YellowMagicOrchestraAlbum eponymous album]] got doubly shafted when first exported to the USA; in addition to the last track, "Acrobat", being omitted, the album as a whole was remixed, and not necessarily for the better. The international digital download/streaming version reverted to the original Japanese mix as well as reinstating "Acrobat".

* Asus' motherboards often have inferior versions that are sold in greater Asia. For example, the [=TuF=] Sabertooth 990FX motherboard. The versions meant for first world countries has additional circuitry to allow [=PCIe=] 3.0 cards to run at full speed. The versions meant for second world countries don't have the circuitry, meaning devices are crippled to only run at [=PCIe=] 2.0- owner of such motherboards don't benefit from newer graphics cards. Those in third world countries have it worse, the versions sold in those areas don't even get USB 3.0 support...

* Many Android enthusiasts in North America are disappointed over Samsung's decision to ''permanently'' lock the bootloader on all Galaxy devices sold in the United States, starting from the S7 onward, citing [[ExecutiveMeddling pressure]] from major US cellular providers. Non-flagships, including those with Exynos chips, were also affected. This didn't keep development from pushing through though -- [[https://www.xda-developers.com/snapdragon-samsung-galaxy-s8-galaxy-note-8-safestrap-recovery/ custom recoveries]] and [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes leaked]] [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/5xzbo3/qualcomm_s7_engineering_boot_images_leaked_root/ engineering boot images]] for Galaxy S models sold in the States were made available to those who own US carrier variants of the S7, though this unfortunately isn't the case with the [=S10=] and Note 10, whose security is tightened up ''a la'' Fort Knox, making it absolutely impossible to root the device (without a paid exploit, at least), let alone flash a custom ROM. This, combined with the above point, has made models sold in certain markets such as Hong Kong, especially desirable, as these models have freely unlockable bootloaders ''and'' a Snapdragon [=SoC=].

** The Japanese broadcast of the first two seasons (which are all Japan got at first) during its TV Tokyo runs had a longer intro and closing credits, plus a short segment hosted by Creator/SuzukoMimori before the end credits, meaning that episodes had to have entire scenes and sequences cut out in order to fit these new additions.

** ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' likewise had part of each episode cut to accomodate longer intro and ending credits, as well as a tacked on ending segment starring the Arms Microns (i.e. the Transformers' weapons that somehow became sentient without their wielders being aware of their sentience... despite just about all weapons in the show being built-in). Generally it was establishing shots that were cut, but sometimes sequences were cut as well. The series was famously not aired in its totality in Japan: the second season's finale was rewritten so that instead of ending with the apparent death of Optimus Prime, [[NoEnding he instead dramatically faced Megatron]] before the fade to black. The third season (Beast Hunters) and the [[SeriesFinale series finale]] Rise of the Predacons was not aired in Japan at all, and were instead replaced with a Japan-original series called Transformers: Go that carried over almost ''nothing'' from Prime. To date, neither Beast Hunters nor Rise of the Predacons have been made available in Japan.

** India’s, Indonesia's, Malaysia's, Brunei's and Thailand's version of Disney+ (and also very likely The Philippines' version too) is to be done through a partnership with Disney-owned Hotstar. This means that most in the region need to subscribe to Hotstar to get Disney+ and there is no way to get the service otherwise (the only exception is Singapore who're getting the proper Disney+). Also, because the account servers are technically Hotstar's, your international Disney+ account will not work and you will need to open an account with Hotstar just to keep using the service in these countries. And unlike Disney+ which uses an e-mail account for the user ID, Hotstar's variant relies on a cellphone number- if you don't own a cellphone, you can't sign up for Disney+ Hotstar. The app is also structured differently, so it will not work with a Playstation 5's media remote. Lastly, these versions of Disney+ superimposes a very revealing watermark over a corner of the video, making it dangerous to use on a CRT or Plasma display. Did we also mention that unlike the proper service, there are huge swathes of shows and movies missing, and there are local shows that people do not care about nor want injected into the service?
*** The Israeli version of Disney+ was aggressively marketed as having all the American version's features, as well as Hulu's content library, so Israelis who already used American and European Disney+ with a VPN logged in to the shiny new Israeli version, only to discover... that the Disney+ app they're used to still gives a "not available in your region" error box, and they need to download a second app to access the local version, unlike every other streaming service that got an Israeli release. Those who downloaded the "local" app discovered that it doesn't accept their international Disney+ accounts, is full of bugs and missing features, and even looks like a ShoddyKnockoffProduct of itself. The reason for all that? Israel's version of Dinsey+ is just the Hotstar version reskinned to look like the real thing. Worse, Disney Israel offered no explanation why Israel gets the "third world edition" despite being a developed country whose Internet infrastructure is part of the European network, so Israeli would-be consumers just decided to cancel their accounts until they get the same proper Disney+ Europe gets.
** The Japanese edition of the service, due to being an upgrade/rebrand from the former Disney Deluxe service, will not let you use your international Disney+ account on it while in Japan, meaning you will have to open a separate account for it to keep enjoying the service there. However, the Japanese Disney+ became upgraded on October 27, 2021 with the addition of the STAR section, which in turn made the old smartphone-only app there defunct (And not anymore restricted to a NTT DoCoMo account on top of that!), and opened up the service on other platforms and allowed international users to finally use the service in Japan.

A BadExportForYou can take on many forms. The work's text, when localized into a target language, may [[TranslationTrainWreck be completely incomprehensible]]. It also used to be a common practice when translating {{manga}} to mirror the pages horizontally,[[note]]because Japanese is read right-to-left and English and most Western langauges left-to-right[[/note]] which can cause errors with text that is part of art. Several major scenes, game levels, {{Player Character}}s, and other major features of the original version of the work may have vanished or [[DummiedOut ended up disabled]]. A GameBreakingBug or two may turn up only in exported versions. [[DifficultyByRegion A video game may be made more unfair to play internationally]]. And last, but not least, the price of obtaining the work may be unreasonably higher in certain countries compared to its home country.

A BadExportForYou can take on many forms. The work's text, when localized into a target language, may [[TranslationTrainWreck be completely incomprehensible]]. It also used to be a common practice when translating {{manga}} to mirror the pages horizontally,[[note]]because Japanese is read right-to-left and English and most Western langauges left-to-right[[/note]], which can cause errors with text that is part of art. Several major scenes, game levels, {{Player Character}}s, and other major features of the original version of the work may have vanished or [[DummiedOut ended up disabled]]. A GameBreakingBug or two may turn up only in exported versions. [[DifficultyByRegion A video game may be made more unfair to play internationally]]. And last, but not least, the price of obtaining the work may be unreasonably higher in certain countries compared to its home country.

** For the Japanese release of the [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime Transformers Prime]] toyline, [=TakaraTomy=] modified all the Deluxe and Voyager-class toys to add 5mm holes in order to incorporate the Arms Micron gimmick. In an attempt to tap into the Japanese love of model making, all Deluxe and Voyager-class toys were sold with unassembled weapons that the buyer would then assemble themselves, with details like eyes and faction symbols provided by stickers. These weapons (the titular Arms Microns) could transform into robot or animal modes and could also combine into Super Weapons. Unfortunately, [=TakaraTomy=] decided to also allow the buyer to "customize" the actual Transformers as well, and stripped away much of the paint of the Hasbro versions. Color and detail was instead meant to be provided by stickers... even those on rounded areas that don't hold stickers well. A couple of examples include:

* Inverted with the Hungarian cult animated movies ''Animation/JohnnyCorncob'', ''Animation/SonOfTheWhiteHorse'' and ''Animation/FoamBath''. All were digitally remastered for 2021 4K Blu-ray box sets with additional bonus features, but the former two only came out in the United States and Germany (both films were included on the same set) and the latter in France. In the films' home country, the restorations were only screened very briefly in theaters during COVID-19 restrictions, and ''Son'' aired a couple times on TV, with its reruns being in blurry standard definition rather than HD. As the Blu-ray format never really caught on among most Hungarian buyers and there is little interest for these films, they only got minimalistic DVD releases: ''Johnny Corncob'' and ''Son of the White Horse'' both got cheap, bargain bin-style [=DVDs=] with no bonus content, while the ''Foam Bath'' remaster didn't get a physical release at all, its sole DVD was only sold bundled with a long out-of-print and very rare retrospective book about its director. At least the ''Johnny Corncob'' remaster gets more airtime on TV during national celebrations.

** To make things worse, a bunch of shows and films are missing their foreign dubs. The list includes ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', ''WesternAnimation/XMen'', a bunch of live action movies (including some relatively recent Disney Channel Originals) and multiple ''WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts''.

* This also applies to TP-Link routers sold in North America. Due to a threatening letter by the FCC, TP-Link has decided to region-lock their routers, and the US version of the routers will be locked down extra tightly that third party firmware will be forbidden to run on the routers. The reason for this is because some killjoys have been using custom firmware to boost their own Wi-Fi signal strength so their signal is strong enough to be picked up whereever you are on the block. But that comes at the price of drowning out and thus effectively jamming the neighbors' Wi-Fi signals, and in some cases even disrupts the radar systems of airplanes. WhyWeCantHaveNiceThings indeed.

* While Oppo subsidiary Realme treated most of the world with a triple-camera variant of their C3 smartphone complete with a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor, those in India aren't as lucky as the C3 variant sold there only came with two rear cameras and no fingerprint reader. Adding insult to injury is the Australian-market model which came with an NFC sensor for wireless payments. In fairness though, the Indian variant is a tad cheaper but is otherwise identical as both phones share the same [=MediaTek=] Helio G70 system-on-chip, the same amount of RAM and onboard storage. Assuming you'd only care about playing ''VideoGame/PlayerUnknownsBattlegrounds'' or ''[[MultiplayerOnlineBattleArena Mobile Legends]]'' and not much else, the inferior camera setup and lack of biometrics shouldn't be that much of a loss.[[/folder]]

** The Hasbro version of ''Masterpiece'' Rodimus Prime omits his trailer, thus preventing him from transforming him into his futuristic Winnebego mode (making him a sort of CompositeCharacter, with his vehicle mode being his original Hot Rod form and his robot mode being his upgraded Rodimus Prime form). His elbows were also retooled from the Japanese release, giving him more articulation at the cost of the elbow joints being so weak it is difficult for him to hold a pose. Worst of all, Hasbro's Rodimus is doomed: due to having powerful springs putting contant pressure on unusually weak plastic, his shoulders and knees have an unfortunate tendency to spontaneously break or even outright ''shatter''. [[Wiki/TFWikiDotNet The Transformers wiki]] suggests "Just pose him once and back away slowly..." as the proper way to "play" with the Hasbro version. (Then again, the original version wasn't a whole lot better in terms of quality control.)

* ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance'' received a proper widescreen DVD release in 2008, but only in Europe. Other than a rare UsefulNotes/LaserDisc release, Americans were stuck with a 4:3 pan-and-scan DVD until 2016, when it was reissued as a VanillaEdition MOD as part of the Warner Archive Collection.

* ''The WesternAnimation/{{Pingu}} Show'' was this when it was exported to Britain. It ruined the cartoon as a whole with an annoying narrator, highly underdeveloped activities, and to add insult to injury, it broadcasted the 20th century episodes, only they are edited.
** When "Pingu and Pinga at the Kindergarten" was first broadcast on BBC, the episode's title was presented as "Pingu and ''Papa'' at the Kindergarten", despite Pingu's father not appearing the episode, due to a [[TranslationTrainWreck translation error]]. The error was even kept in on the VHS release from the '90s! Fortunately, current broadcasts and releases of the episode use the correct title.

A BadExportForYou can take on many forms. The work's text, when localized into a target language, may [[TranslationTrainWreck be completely incomprehensible]]. It also used to be a common practice when translating {{manga}} to mirror the pages horizontally,[[note]]because Japanese is read right-to-left and English and most Western langauges left-to-right[[/note]], which can cause errors with text that is part of art. Several major scenes, game levels, {{Player Character}}s, and other major features of the original version of the work may have vanished or [[DummiedOut ended up disabled]]. A GameBreakingBug or two may turn up only in exported versions. [[DifficultyByRegion A video game may be made more more unfair to play internationally]]. And last, but not least, the price of obtaining the work may be unreasonably higher in certain countries compared to its home country.

*** The Israeli version of Disney+ was aggressively marketed as having all the American version's features, as well as Hulu's content library...

* Strangely {{inverted|Trope}} with ''WesternAnimation/TheMrMenShow'' as the official Mr. Men channel has uploaded almost every single UK-dubbed episode onto their channel in remastered HD, as is the case with the French dub. The US, on the other hand, has only had three DVD releases with six episodes each, while the unofficial uploads on Website/YouTube are of different qualities, and none of them are HD. Several originally-dubbed episodes were never even fully recovered until 2015!

** Nickelodeon... oh boy. The last two shows that got full DVD releases in Italy were ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', while most of the other shows get only [=DVDs=] of random episodes... and if you're not ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' or a Nick Jr. show, you'll probably get ''only one of those''. On the streaming scene, ''Spongebob'' gets only a few seasons on Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, and only episodes of ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' up to Season 2 are available on the same networks, in spite of the fact that the more recent ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouseMovie'' (which came out during Season 5) was released directly on Netflix.

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** Nickelodeon... oh boy. The last two shows that got full DVD releases in Italy were ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|2012}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', while most of the other shows get only [=DVDs=] of random episodes... and if you're not ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' or a Nick Jr. show, you'll probably get ''only one of those''. On the streaming scene, ''Spongebob'' gets only a few seasons on both Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, and the latter has ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse''... but only Season 2.