This, it is sad when Netflix has this figured out more seamlessly than any single governmental tourist-centric department in the world. Isn't the main job of many of these places to get as much tourist money as possible?

> When I was in Poland, I couldn't use a rental bike because you have to have a Google Account tied to the Polish Playstore to be able to install the app.

These sort of restrictions get nighmarish (as you mention) when the apps are the only way to do something, and they are region-locked to the country's app store.

There should be some obvious test, like if you want to make something app-exclusive, make sure the damn app is in every version of the Play Store.