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Re:EC sends Statements of Objections to Valve and five publi... by webreac on Sunday April 07, 2019 @07:23AM (#19596132)
I was in complete disbelief of your 5-10 ratio, but according to https://www.reinisfischer.com/average-salary-european-union-..., you are right: €3,270 in Denmark vs €457 in Bulgaria. It is a ratio of 7.
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Re:EC sends Statements of Objections to Valve and five publi... by simion314 on Sunday April 07, 2019 @07:36AM (#19596166)
I don't think Steam ever had lower prices for some EU countries, I am from Romania and the prices on Steam were always high. I could not find any source to confirm this but I think that all EU countries have same prices and it is not a recent thing.
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Re:EC sends Statements of Objections to Valve and five publi... by Mirioron on Monday April 08, 2019 @04:11AM (#19603159)
It's actually worse than that if you look at median equivalised net income: http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=ilc_...

Remember that Norway and Switzerland are part of the EEA, so geoblocking affects them too. Although I am somewhat skeptical of those lower numbers, but the difference is there.

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