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I'm Australian but I don't see what's wrong with an Australia tax. If Australians are prepared to pay more for a digital product then it makes sense for the se
by MarkMc 13y ago
I'm Australian but I don't see what's wrong with an Australia tax. If Australians are prepared to pay more for a digital product then it makes sense for the seller to charge more.
Imagine a law that says, "The price of Photoshop in Australia cannot be more than the price in the US". Wouldn't that law be economically similar to one which says, "The price of Photoshop in Australia cannot be more than $400"?
- vacri 13y agoI don't agree with a law limiting pricing on luxuries, which most software is. I also don't agree with stopping people from bitching about pain points, getting their message out there. Companies are free to price-gouge for non-essential items, and we're free to roast them for it.
- panacea 13y agoThe rate of piracy in Australia suggests they're not willing to pay more in a world of free bits.
- chris_wot 13y agoExcept, we aren't. The only reason we do buy at exorbitant rates is because of geo-blocking, and we are fast learning how to bypass geoblocking.