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Re:Apple announces upgrade to App Store pricing by somedude895 on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @01:23AM (#33891266)
This blows my mind, I never thought about that. I imagine automatic currency conversion would make it especially hard for any company outside US/EU. They'd stick out like a sore thumb with their weird prices.
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Re:Apple announces upgrade to App Store pricing by makeitdouble on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @01:39AM (#33891371)
There are also adjustment for the general price of things in the country.

e.g. a 1USD price straight converted to the currency could be too high in a weak economy, so the actual price would be set at 0.7 or 0.5 usd

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Re:Apple announces upgrade to App Store pricing by xwolfi on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @01:31AM (#33891316)
The USD/EUR exchange rate varies as widely, if not more, than the USD/JPY, price points ensure a sort of strategic pricing in each region.
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