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I don't agree with a law limiting pricing on luxuries, which most software is. I also don't agree with stopping people from bitching about pain points, getting their message out there. Companies are free to price-gouge for non-essential items, and we're free to roast them for it.

Except, we aren't. The only reason we do buy at exorbitant rates is because of geo-blocking, and we are fast learning how to bypass geoblocking.

The rate of piracy in Australia suggests they're not willing to pay more in a world of free bits.