Apple hiked app prices up to 30.3%, petition started to ask them to reconsider

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  scrimshaw on 04/04/2014 - 00:51

  +1

  So.. Apple is undoing what it did in 2011.

  I guess Apple is doing what is natural — keeping their profits up when the Aussie dollar is weak.

  Wonder if Google & Microsoft will do the same.

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    verio on 04/04/2014 - 08:37

    This is correct, they are following the exchange rate. Let's not forget that app price of .99 in the US means .99 + sales tax, while in Australia GST is included in the price.

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  ozhunter on 04/04/2014 - 01:22

  https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/138777

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  jzdhgkd on 04/04/2014 - 07:14

  +2

  All the more reason to jump ship ;)

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  cdaddy on 04/04/2014 - 07:22

  Or more a reason to jailbreak and get all apps free. That will show them

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  ESEMCE on 04/04/2014 - 08:15

  Prices have presumably gone up in the US as well, cause if you do the calculation the prices are comparable to the US equivalent (assuming an 85c conversion rate) plus GST.

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    fruit on 05/04/2014 - 10:39

    Rate is 92c

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      ESEMCE on 07/04/2014 - 08:24

      Today it might be, but long term (which is how companies set their exchange rates) the AUD is expected to fall and 85c is the generally anticipated value.

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  c64 on 04/04/2014 - 08:33

  +9

  you need to start voting with your feet rather than a petition. stop buying apple products

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    pyramid on 04/04/2014 - 09:13

    ^ this…

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    djones145 on 05/04/2014 - 09:49

    indeed
    why would anyone on ozbargain use apple products o.O when android phones are so much cheaper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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      SirFlibbled on 07/04/2014 - 10:23

      The service. I bought an Samsung S4. It was faulty. The end result was 6 weeks without a phone while it was being 'assessed' and a refusal to refund until I threatened to sue them over it.

      Compare to Apple where you can walk into a store (or they will post our a replacement) and have it swapped over there and then. If you broke it, then for $200 you can get a new one.

      That's what made me go back to the iphone. It had nothing to do with the quality or prices of the phones at all.

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  BuyoTheCat on 04/04/2014 - 14:56

  I have no problem with apple product. Its their customer care that I have a problem with. Or rather, lack of customer care. Its their way or the highway.

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  leonheart1 on 05/04/2014 - 09:52

  I honestly thought it was an April Fools joke. Now my $90 App Store credit are effectively worth 30% less.

  The bastards.

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    SmartCover on 05/04/2014 - 10:22

    then join and sign my petition, the more numbers we get the more say we have! http://chn.ge/1mMGlk6

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      ozhunter on 06/04/2014 - 18:47

      +1

      I don't think a petition would do anything, as every iOS and OSX user that buys apps would obviously hate a price increase.