In the other thread about the app store law suit weren't people saying Apple doesn't set the prices in the app store?
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Apple Hikes U.K. App Store Prices By At Least 25 Percent Due to Weak Pound
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And of course it's not just by state. There are also county and city sales taxes, so the rate varies for that too.
If you buy a lot of apps, make a friend in Oregon, and use that address for your credit cards.
Use AppShopper, create a watchlist of all the apps you want and it will send you a notification when the price drops or even goes free (Which happens more often than you'd think).
Hey, I see what you did there. You took a common idiom and altered it to show your bigotry toward Muslims. Thanks for ousting yourself; it'll make it easier to ignore your future comments. So thoughtful...
When the UK was around $2 = £1, Apple adjusted their prices so people in the UK got a better deal. They also adjusted it when the VAT went to 15%, so there is no doubt prices will go down if the pound recovers. The only question is, will the pound recover or is the UK going to spend the next decade paying high prices for imported goods (like something living in Brazil would).
My basic English says "At Least 25 Percent" means at minimum the increase will be 25%, it could be higher
I wouldn't bet on it. Tim just taking advantage of the situation to lock in higher prices for the long run. After May's speech today the GBP is up like a rocket so the "story" will be "due to exchange rate fluctuations/risk" ... I'm actually hoping our new President takes the wrecking ball to these monopolies. They do it just because they can... citing they would be liable legally to their stock holders not to engage in every sort of shenanigan to ensure maximum profits.
So Apple should just absorb the loss for the next few months hoping that the exchange rate may get better?
It may never get better. You kind of have to price for how things are now.
Not sure about the reference, but Apple doesn't set the prices, they do however define certain price tiers and their corresponding value in different currencies. Each developer is then free to pick the tier they find most fitting.
Stability of the EU? In the words of your former Prime Minister; 'The trouble with Socialism is that eventually, you run out of other people's money.'
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Dunno, but apparently some people do, since Apple took about a 30% share of $28Bn in app store revenue last year.
Bring Apple BACK to profit? Explains why you think we drove the economy off a cliff.
You do realize that you can't sum up the politics of the entire European Union with the word 'socialism' right?
It's like saying Americans are 'fat' when only a third of them are obese.
Isn't globalization and wonderful?
Isn't Brexit and its consequence of a weak pound the result of more nationalism/protectionism and less globalization?
"citing foreign exchange rates"... implying Apple is exchanging that money for US dollars and not storing it offshore to avoid taxes lol... it's just Apple making sure they can milk their loyal consumers out of every penny possible.
I'm in the UK and have to say, it doesn't bother me in the slightest. The reality of it is that instead of impulse purchasing 5 apps I don't need, I might now purchase 3. Who loses there, me or Apple?
Secondly, lets hope that Apple is just as quick to bring the prices back down once the pound is on the rise again, which it will in time. If there is one thing Apple are unbeatable at, its a swift price hike. Some other companies have also raised their prices, but I'm still buying great deals all over the place online. It seems we are already well on the way to securing a quick and easy trade deal with the USA (as suggested by the new POTUS) and with that in mind other countries will want to secure the same. After all, other countries sell a LOT to the UK market.
There has been a lot of scaremongering and negative press here in the UK, but over time it will even out and I'd imagine we will end up fairly close to where we started, just no longer a member of the EU. In the meantime if I have to cut down on things I don't need I will, like iPhone S models, impulse purchase apps, shiny but underpowered computers which require dongles, the list goes on. Take a look at my sig, I like my shiny new gadgets but at the end of the day Im not bothered if I can't have the latest or greatest incremental update that I don't really need. Again who loses, me or Apple?
Secondly, lets hope that Apple is just as quick to bring the prices back down once the pound is on the rise again, which it will in time. If there is one thing Apple are unbeatable at, its a swift price hike. Some other companies have also raised their prices, but I'm still buying great deals all over the place online. It seems we are already well on the way to securing a quick and easy trade deal with the USA (as suggested by the new POTUS) and with that in mind other countries will want to secure the same. After all, other countries sell a LOT to the UK market.
There has been a lot of scaremongering and negative press here in the UK, but over time it will even out and I'd imagine we will end up fairly close to where we started, just no longer a member of the EU. In the meantime if I have to cut down on things I don't need I will, like iPhone S models, impulse purchase apps, shiny but underpowered computers which require dongles, the list goes on. Take a look at my sig, I like my shiny new gadgets but at the end of the day Im not bothered if I can't have the latest or greatest incremental update that I don't really need. Again who loses, me or Apple?
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Developers still decide the prices. Apple just gets to determine the currency exchange rate.
The goal is actually globalization, but Leave voters did not realize that.