I *hope* this is beneficial for all involved, or at least not seriously damaging, but I sincerely doubt it. Honestly I think Brexit has made the world a far more dangerous place than many admit. I wonder how long it will be before Putin's little green men start agitating among countries of the EU to break the EU up. After that, they'll try to instigate hostilities among the old European rivals (UK, France, German, Spain, Italy, etc.), and then swoop into NATO allies in Eastern Europe. At that point we'll be faced with a choice. I guess we'll see how this plays out.
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Apple Hikes U.K. App Store Prices By At Least 25 Percent Due to Weak Pound
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I *hope* this is beneficial for all involved, or at least not seriously damaging, but I sincerely doubt it. Honestly I think Brexit has made the world a far more dangerous place than many admit. I wonder how long it will be before Putin's little green men start agitating among countries of the EU to break the EU up. After that, they'll try to instigate hostilities among the old European rivals (UK, France, German, Spain, Italy, etc.), and then swoop into NATO allies in Eastern Europe. At that point we'll be faced with a choice. I guess we'll see how this plays out.
That British developer is free to lower their prices worldwide to get the price they want in the UK.
I love Apple products but there profiteering recently is really starting to put me off them and that's what this is, an excuse to make more money. It's not quite as bad as the kick in the nuts we got in September though when they announced a price drop for iPhones etc in the US then hiked prices up by £50 in the UK
2% more of the UK people wanted it. Now 48% of the population has to suffer with something we did not want.
Cheer up, it could be worse, in the sense that at least Brexit got a (very) narrow majority vote. Trump actually lost the US general election by 3MM votes and will be inaugurated on Friday...
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Among other problems with your math, the 99c US price is pre-tax. The UK app store price is after (i.e., inclusive of) VAT.
Patronising much??
'The poor'... it wasn't only people on lower incomes that voted to leave. I'm sure some did vote as a protest to the establishment, but I have more cofidence in my fellow countrymen's ability to make a judgement on the future of the UK and the future of our children.
It makes me laugh that 'Remainers' make comments about 'Brexiteers' being of lower intellect and social standing. I must be dreaming, but wasn't HRM The Queen recently outed as a 'Leaver'???
Neither do you, a British app maker will post their app, its made in the UK and will cost Apple what to host it? Yet it will take 30% of every charge for the app or IAPs, but they will put the prices up by at least 25%.
I don't consider apps in the UK to be cheaper then the US either, no idea where you get that idea from?
Tell me, does Apple Pay you to post your app before you make any money from it?
And perhaps you should educate yourself because now Apple has made parity across US and UK pricing, £1 to every $1, yeah considering the exchange rates I'm not convinced by that one:
https://9to5mac.com/2017/01/17/app-...-following-brexit-exchange-rate-fluctuations/
Now considering the pound has rising by 2.6% plus today, when will Apple reduce its prices then?
It's price gouging, I'm sure you'll make more money from it personally, so I'm not exactly going to be sympathetic to your argument am I.
Personally, I think it's a short-term cost that's well worth paying to get out of the EU. Having said that, the foreign exchange markets have massively over-reacted.
Oh dear oh dear, how enclosed and clueless are you? So according to you, the Police, Armed Forces, Ambulance and Paramedic services, Council services like rubbish collections and road maintenance, Fire services etc etc etc etc etc are a valid argument because they are 'mostly used by the poorest people'????
Well, that's stating the blindingly obvious isn't it because the majority of the UK population don't have a personal net worth of several million! And these services are used BY EVERYONE NO MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE! Their isn't some special exclusive rich people's ambulance or fire or Police service! So your argument is totally flawed on that one statement alone.
VAT in Romania decreased from 20% to 19% in 2017. http://www.vatlive.com/vat-news/romania-cuts-vat-to-19-2017/
In 2016 VAT dropped from 24% to 20%.
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British users expect to pay more as it's always been that way. This is more of the same so the brits are proud to pay extra. They want all the benefits of #brexit
Too bad salaries won't adopt the number in front if the Euro sign though!
0.80 GBP + 20% VAT = 0.96 GBP. Looks like the drop in the pound has impacted our education system leading to lack of basic arithmetic skills.
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Developer sets the tier. Each tier has a price. Therefore the developer chooses the price. New tiers are being introduced so UK prices can be kept the same if the developer chooses.
Not that any developer will. First, because the damage to UK buyers is completely self inflicted, so I don't feel bad for them at all. Second, because the raise doesn't put more money into the developer's pocket, they just get the same amount they get 7 months ago. Third, because setting a lower tier means reducing the amount of money the developer makes from _any_ customer _anywhere_ in the world.
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That's either bad memory or you are lying. Apps where £0.59 at the time.
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They are also free to increase their prices worldwide to get the price they want in the UK
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You got a rebate for 6 months, so don't complain.
We still don't know what 'leaving' is going to give us so regardless of intellect it is and was the unknown. Nothing about it suggests it was based on an informed understanding.
I know a few people who voted leave and beyond saying 'I think we'll be better off', they can't actually explain the proven benefits of allowing the conservative government negotiate our future.
I don't care about App's but if they increase the price of Films and TV Shows by 25% that will be a big deal. I can already buy most TV shows cheaper on DVD than iTunes. This will simply result in significant falls in iTunes sales in the UK.
They've already hiked up Apple hardware prices to seriously unaffordable levels. I can see Apple's overall sales in the UK falling like a stone this year.
They've already hiked up Apple hardware prices to seriously unaffordable levels. I can see Apple's overall sales in the UK falling like a stone this year.
A fair point, but it's worth noting that the price won't go down if the currency improves. It will stay up.
Also I'm with you on Gove. I despise him.