> Right, that's what you think. Are you buying a house that's $1 million dollars? Are you paying $80,000 in taxes? Are you paying $2400 a month for daycare bills? Are you paying thousands for health care insurance? Are you paying $250 for car registration? Or another $1000+ for car insurance or transportation?

I'm sure you wouldn't start paying a cheap remote developer more if they decided to move to a more expensive country or their personal expenses went up (like if they decided to have a child). For the same reasoning, you shouldn't demand you pay them less because they currently have low expenses.

Developers should charge for the business value they deliver to the client. A developer's personal expenses is of no relevance to the client.