20% higher prices in German in-app-store?

Chrynos1989
Chrynos1989 Posts: 570 Critical Contributor
in MPQ General Discussion
Or did Apple again just secretly raise the fees?
just curious, you still won’t get my money, hehe

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  • HoundofShadow
    HoundofShadow Posts: 8,004 Chairperson of the Boards
    Apple raised the price. Here's the link:
    https://developer.apple.com/news/

    "As early as October 5, 2022, prices of apps and in-app purchases (excluding auto-renewable subscriptions) on the App Store will increase in Chile, Egypt, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Poland, South Korea, Sweden, Vietnam, and all territories that use the euro currency. In Vietnam, these increases also reflect new regulations for Apple to collect and remit applicable taxes, being value added tax (VAT) and corporate income tax (CIT) at 5% rates respectively."
  • Chrynos1989
    Chrynos1989 Posts: 570 Critical Contributor
    HoundofShadow said:
    Apple raised the price. Here's the link:
    https://developer.apple.com/news/

    "As early as October 5, 2022, prices of apps and in-app purchases (excluding auto-renewable subscriptions) on the App Store will increase in Chile, Egypt, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Poland, South Korea, Sweden, Vietnam, and all territories that use the euro currency. In Vietnam, these increases also reflect new regulations for Apple to collect and remit applicable taxes, being value added tax (VAT) and corporate income tax (CIT) at 5% rates respectively."
    Thx, good to know

  • Bowgentle
    Bowgentle Posts: 7,926 Chairperson of the Boards
    Yeah, this time it REALLY is apple.
  • KGB
    KGB Posts: 3,932 Chairperson of the Boards
    Bowgentle said:
    Yeah, this time it REALLY is apple.
    Or more accurately, it's the falling value of the Euro vs the Dollar as the statement Hound quoted makes clear.

    KGB
  • Bowgentle
    Bowgentle Posts: 7,926 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited October 2022
    KGB said:
    Ich Bowgentle said:
    Yeah, this time it REALLY is apple.
    Or more accurately, it's the falling value of the Euro vs the Dollar as the statement Hound quoted makes clear.

    KGB
    Yeah no.
    Apple could eat the loss.
    Because I don't see prices in the play store going up.
  • Alvbad
    Alvbad Posts: 6 Just Dropped In
    Playstore in Brazil too
  • Bad
    Bad Posts: 3,146 Chairperson of the Boards
    Wow. 20%
    For that price is better to buy an Android device or to play on steam and to order bundles in there.
  • Sekilicious
    Sekilicious Posts: 1,766 Chairperson of the Boards
    Bad said:
    Wow. 20%
    For that price is better to buy an Android device or to play on steam and to order bundles in there.
    You can link the account to both the Apple device and Steam through Facebook right? Can you buy the bundles in an Android emulator? I so, that sounds like a better option.
  • Bowgentle
    Bowgentle Posts: 7,926 Chairperson of the Boards
    Sekilicious said:
    Bad said:
    Wow. 20%
    For that price is better to buy an Android device or to play on steam and to order bundles in there.
    You can link the account to both the Apple device and Steam through Facebook right? Can you buy the bundles in an Android emulator? I so, that sounds like a better option.
    You probably could but... Eh.
  • TheRiddler
    TheRiddler Posts: 291 Mover and Shaker
    edited October 2022
    Bowgentle said:
    KGB said:
    Ich Bowgentle said:
    Yeah, this time it REALLY is apple.
    Or more accurately, it's the falling value of the Euro vs the Dollar as the statement Hound quoted makes clear.

    KGB
    Yeah no.
    Apple could eat the loss.
    Because I don't see prices in the play store going up.

    Well the stock is (only) down +20% on the year. They have lost revenue from Russia/Ukraine. The exchange rate wrecking havoc on international business. Production times/shipments lagging because of lockdowns in China. People having less discretionary income due to inflation. etc. 

    When companies see all their business expenses go up that is always gonna get passed down to the customer. And either they will pay it or they won't and prices will adjust accordingly.

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