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But both Netflix and Spotify adjust subscription price based on country, presumably not depending on how difficult it is to negotiate with local copyright owner
by egman_ekki 6y ago
But both Netflix and Spotify adjust subscription price based on country, presumably not depending on how difficult it is to negotiate with local copyright owners or connectivity providers, but based on local cost of living.
- Thorrez 6y agoYeah you're right. That's price discrimination[1]. I guess varying salaries by CoL for remote employees might be sort of inverted price discrimination, because it's being done by a one buyer against multiple sellers, instead of the usual one seller against multiple buyers. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_discrimination https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_discrimination
- thaumasiotes 6y ago> instead of the usual one seller against multiple buyers I'm intrigued by the progression of the subthread from "it's weird for GitLab to do this on the employee side when nobody does it on the customer side" to "it's weird for GitLab to do this on the employee side when everybody does it on the customer side".
- Thorrez 6y agoLol, yeah. I have a bad habit of arguing flawed positions then occasionally even arguing against myself. I need to stop...
- vladvasiliu 6y agoThe granularity isn't the same, either. Companies seem to apply CoL adjustments for remote jobs inside the US. Does a Netflix subscription vary by where you are in the US?