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Re:Epic Games to Pay $245M for Tricking Users into Making Un... by account42 on Thursday March 16, 2023 @05:32AM (#35179859)
This assumes that current prices at all related to cost, which they are not for non-scarce goods like games and other digital content. Prices are set to maximize sales * revenue and adding a minor cost for Steam doesn't really factor into that.
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Re:Epic Games to Pay $245M for Tricking Users into Making Un... by dnissley on Thursday March 16, 2023 @01:13PM (#35184962)
They are related to cost on some level. This type of legislation would introduce some costs for merchants, even digital ones, because of chargeback fees charged by processors. That would be passed on to the customer in addition to whatever profit calculation those merchants are making.
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