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Re:Ask HN: What are you surprised isn’t being worked on more? by cocoa19 on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @12:45AM (#25567116)
Immigrants won't give up their high salary in the developed world.

Employers won't pay a first world salary while living in a low cost country.

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Re:Ask HN: What are you surprised isn’t being worked on more? by cblconfederate on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @02:23AM (#25567578)
> won't pay a first world salary

Do tech companies also charge less for their products in non-rich countries?

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Re:Ask HN: What are you surprised isn’t being worked on more? by jason0597 on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @06:14AM (#25568720)
> Do tech companies also charge less for their products in non-rich countries?

Yes they do. They heavily adjust for PPP and local currencies

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Re:Ask HN: What are you surprised isn’t being worked on more? by cblconfederate on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @06:25AM (#25568773)
can u give an example? e.g. adwords charges less depending on business location? or AWS ?
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Re:Ask HN: What are you surprised isn’t being worked on more? by imtringued on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @07:43AM (#25569197)
Steam has regional pricing.

Here is a price chart for Cyberpunk 2077: https://steamdb.info/app/1091500/

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Re:Ask HN: What are you surprised isn’t being worked on more? by ValentineC on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @11:19AM (#25571275)
> can u give an example?

Spotify, Netflix, YouTube Premium.

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