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Re:Telegram is booming but needs advertisers and $700M soon by ignoramous on Monday March 15, 2021 @11:28AM (#26467131)
> However, that route is not so easy. People in Latin American countries can't really afford to pay for apps.

AdGuard and Cloudflare (at least for Warp+) adjust their monthly and annual subscription rates based on location.

See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Mac_Index

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Re:Telegram is booming but needs advertisers and $700M soon by iso8859-1 on Monday March 15, 2021 @12:12PM (#26467776)
This incentivizes inequality. I live in Mexico, earning 10x more than most, yet I could pay less.
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Re:Telegram is booming but needs advertisers and $700M soon by skinnymuch on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @10:47AM (#26477398)
Yeah. Similarly, people pay for many services, Apple, Netflix, these, by switching locations. It isn’t exactly fair either for people on the poverty line in the US to pay the US prices when other places don’t have to.
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Re:Telegram is booming but needs advertisers and $700M soon by rchaud on Monday March 15, 2021 @12:25PM (#26467990)
It also improves affordability for those that don't make 10x the national average.
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