Hmmm...let me guess...you're American, right?
Okay, how about we make that "one damn currency" Malaysian Ringgits. Happy now? 
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Apple Increases European App Store Pricing, Changes Some Countries to Local Currencies
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Hmmm...let me guess...you're American, right?
Okay, how about we make that "one damn currency" Malaysian Ringgits. Happy now? Did you read the article? Less money for developers more money for Apple and their creative accounting.
Hopefully they increase the prices here in the US too. There profit wasn't so hot the last quarter.
If that's really Apple's concern, then they would be solving problems for the ECB and Eurozone leaders, so instead they still set prices for their products' like the iPad mini at $329 and however much they sell in EU, which is higher than its closest competitor (Nexus 7 $249 and Kindle Fire $199). They do so to maintain their profit margins, not to maintain sales level, as you can see today, their revenue beat Wall St estimates but their profits (EPS) fell short of estimates.
That would be 'thinking like everyone else'.
This for everyone who's complaining
As well as due to the Eurozone crisis, the Euro fluctuations forced Apple to take action or otherwise it will cut their profit margins. All companies do this to their international pricing, as exchange rate has a big influence, anyone doing basic economics should know this
I agree; APPLE isn't dumb enough to price themselves out of the market; they know what it will bear. I'm confident it's a well thought out strategy, not a rash decision.
mother... apple is rly pushing my limit lately
Perhaps you could look at getting a better credit card.
This for everyone who's complaining
As well as due to the Eurozone crisis, the Euro fluctuations forced Apple to take action or otherwise it will cut their profit margins. All companies do this to their international pricing, as exchange rate has a big influence, anyone do basic economics should know this
Right... and the USA having a trade deficit that is making the FED print dollars like nuts, making the US Dollar loose more value even against the Euro... Gosh, if it weren't for Europeans, Asians and South Americans backing the US Dollar it would have collapsed a while ago.
And honestly I believe the US Dollar is in deeper **** than the Euro. Aside from Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal Europe isn't doing all that bad...
Germany has been in a boom phase the last three or four years and so have other Middle and Northern European states... USA? Recession...
Problem with Europe and the Euro: Imbalance between the north and the south. Economic impact: All of greece merely has the economic power of one of the smaller German federal states.
The Euro has greater chances of survival, I'm not so sure about the US Dollar...
Greetings from Curitiba... Where everything is just plain extra 30% more expensive... Why? Cause it's Brazil
So keep cool
Apple burned $2.5 billions today for their shareholders. It sucks. Steve would never have allowed this.
Don't be so sure about that.
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Part of the issue is that Apple only adjusts for exchange rates like 2 times a year. When prices were all dollars the exchange was same day rates which can be more favorable to the buyer
*their.
Next time when you try to make fun of someone/some company, check your grammar first, otherwise you end up looking like the dumb one
True, but at today's exchange rate, 0.89 is $1.15USD. And you don't want to know what we pay Apple for movies here. I've reached a point where I will be buying US iTunes cards so I can buy stuff over the US store as it is considerably cheaper to rent movies.
iOS latest release, 69p. Sony PSN latest release, £49.99.
and Apple are suddenly the greedy ones?
0,79 -> 0,89 it's ok (1$ - 1,15$)
BUT look Mac AppStore
Logic Pro 149,99 -> 179,99 (194$ -> 232$)
Final Cut Pro X 239,99 -> 279,99 (310$ -> 362$) and so on.
I live in Finland (tax is 23%) and 0,79$ + 23% tax was exactly 0,79. I keep asking what's the reason to rip off loyal customers just because they live in Europe?
someone here said about maybe different countries have different operating costs? - For what, apps?!? Please don't make me laugh.
Why? Apple, why?
BUT look Mac AppStore
Logic Pro 149,99 -> 179,99 (194$ -> 232$)
Final Cut Pro X 239,99 -> 279,99 (310$ -> 362$) and so on.
I live in Finland (tax is 23%) and 0,79$ + 23% tax was exactly 0,79. I keep asking what's the reason to rip off loyal customers just because they live in Europe?
someone here said about maybe different countries have different operating costs? - For what, apps?!? Please don't make me laugh.
Why? Apple, why?
It seems like a fair increase in price here in Denmark. At first I was angry about it, but then I started to calculate a bit. In US the price for the cheapest apps, without sales tax, is 0.99 USD. In Denmark it was 6 DKK before it got raised to 7 DKK.
6 DKK without danish sales tax is 4.8 DKK = 0.83 USD
7 DKK without danish sales tax is 5.6 DKK = 0.97 USD
So I think the raise is to make the price the same, world wide
6 DKK without danish sales tax is 4.8 DKK = 0.83 USD
7 DKK without danish sales tax is 5.6 DKK = 0.97 USD
So I think the raise is to make the price the same, world wide
*their.
Next time when you try to make fun of someone/some company, check your grammar first, otherwise you end up looking like the dumb one
Pretty pathetic. Try it again.
Did you look at the developer payout in the tier rate table and compare it to last months?
Developer gets about the same percentage as before (and thus more money in some cases.). About 70% after subtracting Eurozone VAT.
Really, it's such small amount of money. Why cry so much.
Besides, Euro will be worth so much more once stupid Greece is kicked out. Then silly Greeks can pay 1,000,000 drachma for Angry Bird. lol
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Besides, Euro will be worth so much more once stupid Greece is kicked out. Then silly Greeks can pay 1,000,000 drachma for Angry Bird. lol
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History?
You are aware of Apples not so recent history? This time there ain't no Steve Jobs coming back.
On topic: no matter how many rational reasons there might be - here in Europe the perception of Apple has changed for the bad. As long as they made the best products that might have been no problem, but only the iPad is still the best of its class. You can't honestly say that about the iPhone anymore and the sales of MACs have only increased marginally last Q - and with the new pricing in Europe I don't see any increase here at all for the future.
p.s. If you find spelling or grammar mistakes you can keep them.
You are aware of Apples not so recent history? This time there ain't no Steve Jobs coming back.
On topic: no matter how many rational reasons there might be - here in Europe the perception of Apple has changed for the bad. As long as they made the best products that might have been no problem, but only the iPad is still the best of its class. You can't honestly say that about the iPhone anymore and the sales of MACs have only increased marginally last Q - and with the new pricing in Europe I don't see any increase here at all for the future.
p.s. If you find spelling or grammar mistakes you can keep them.
The lowest US App Store pricing tier is $0.99, not $0.79. It's perfectly fair.
Incidentally it seems like there's no adjustment for the Swedish store (yet?), which means we have pretty great pricing.