It's hard to forcibly lower the price of something without undermining your economic system. Software is expensive to make. Premium priced products exist beca

It's hard to forcibly lower the price of something without undermining your economic system. Software is expensive to make. Premium priced products exist because developers cost a lot of money and take a long time to get it right. Practically speaking you could government subsidize the software which is a respectable policy in Europe, and that would foster competition and drive the prices down.