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The phrase 'Australia Tax' is in quote marks because we all know it is not a tax. It is an economic phenomena caused by all the factors listed in the article.
by adaml_623 13y ago
The phrase 'Australia Tax' is in quote marks because we all know it is not a tax. It is an economic phenomena caused by all the factors listed in the article.
Those factors have combined to make it very noticeable that there is a non free market operating.
It's very Australian to refer to something by a nickname and that is what's happening here.
- inopinatus 13y agoBut there is a free market happening. Free markets are defined by the absence of regulation and government intervention. Adobe are using their market power in a free market to do price segmentation across national boundaries. If you try to regulate that (which you can't in practice anyway) the price of Photoshop will go up everywhere.
- hhandoko 13y agoBut it is a double standard. The RRP is up to %50 higher, but at the same time there are restriction on parallel importation that price cuts the RRP.