![]() It can be worthwhile for large corporations that benefit from increasing their user base but I don’t see why any indie developer would find it worthwhile to charge less for their app when they can only ever extract value the one time. Regional pricing is just a subsidization by richer countries. The value of something doesn’t change just because you live in a different country. Right now, I just look for free or FOSS apps. I guess they just assume that I am a cheapskate trying to save some money. I have emailed devs in the past to get a more fair regional pricing in the past. My advice? If you really can't afford it, email the author, say you can't afford it and explain why and maybe you'll get it free or for a discount. Either way, Steam is the only platform where I have seen prices that made me say "Hey, that's a fair price." I do not how much of that is just Steam or whether the developers themselves do it. I have managed to get great games at good prices in my local currency. ![]() Steam actually has a good regional pricing system. But ultimately, they are just pricing out customers like myself who cannot afford the current prices due to the economy in which they live in. The Bartender dev is free to charge whatever they want to charge. In other words, there is no additional cost incurred for each person who installs the app, apart from maybe in rare cases where support is involved. I don't think Bartender requires an AWS infrastructure or even a running server to make individual installations work. Apart from that, I can think of only support costs. If the app required an active cloud infrastructure, then that would involve running costs. I would never ask any dev to sell their software at a loss. ![]() I am not sure if I fall under the Bitcoin millionaire category. ![]() So, it would have been even more ridiculous if I had bought it. Can't believe I am getting judged for not buying an app that doesn't have a proper regional pricing for my country.Įven if I did buy the MacBook, I would have had to pay a much larger figure than the official prices in the US store, because of the import taxes in my country. So, 20 USD for you is not same as 20 USD for me. The disposable income (when converted to USD) after cost of living is multiple magnitudes lower than what (I assume) most of you are getting in your countries. The income here is extremely low when converted to USD. Is it not enough to mention that it's too expensive for me? Do I need to add an explanation as well? I am not from the US, or any of the other developed nations. I got it via work.įrankly speaking, I don't understand why people focus on the bartender price so much, and just feel compelled to say that I should buy the product. As mentioned in my reply to that said comment. ![]()
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