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Re:EC sends Statements of Objections to Valve and five publi... by fxbl0i on Sunday April 07, 2019 @08:17AM (#19596347)
That makes it impractical and useless to sell for different prices; if a digital good costs 50€ in Germany and 20€ in Italy, both Germans and Italians will buy it in Italy. Companies are therefore forced to sell it for 50€ to everybody. That hurts Italian customers.
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Re:EC sends Statements of Objections to Valve and five publi... by chris_wot on Monday April 08, 2019 @05:10AM (#19603482)
Sure, if the digital services have a monopoly then this will occur. The thing, then, is to ensure you cannot setup monopolies like this.
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