Today, when I paid for a navigation app, I encountered something quite frustrating.
My Apple account has always used the US region, so I instinctively clicked the payment button. The price displayed at the time was $0.99, which is approximately 6.89 RMB based on the exchange rate. Later, I remembered to switch back to the regional account to check, and the price directly changed to 9.9 RMB.
For the same service, domestic users have to pay 43% more. Even more ironic is that 90% of the users of this product are in China, yet we are bearing a higher price.
Is this regional differential pricing strategy really reasonable? Clearly, it mainly serves the local market, yet local users are paying more. I wonder if others have encountered similar situations; this kind of operation is really hard to understand.
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AirdropHermit
· 5h ago
It's the same old trick again, really impressive haha
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TokenTherapist
· 7h ago
This is just outrageous. The big-head users are actually being cut the harshest. Apple's differentiated pricing strategy is really out of line.
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DecentralizeMe
· 12-12 06:32
Here we go again with this? It's nothing new anymore; almost every app operates this way.
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SorryRugPulled
· 12-12 06:32
Once again, it's that same old story of price discrimination—completely out of line.
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TooScaredToSell
· 12-12 06:06
It's the same old trick again, cheap in the US, expensive in China, truly unbelievable.
Today, when I paid for a navigation app, I encountered something quite frustrating.
My Apple account has always used the US region, so I instinctively clicked the payment button. The price displayed at the time was $0.99, which is approximately 6.89 RMB based on the exchange rate. Later, I remembered to switch back to the regional account to check, and the price directly changed to 9.9 RMB.
For the same service, domestic users have to pay 43% more. Even more ironic is that 90% of the users of this product are in China, yet we are bearing a higher price.
Is this regional differential pricing strategy really reasonable? Clearly, it mainly serves the local market, yet local users are paying more. I wonder if others have encountered similar situations; this kind of operation is really hard to understand.