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To the original point, things are worth what people are willing to pay for them. If most consumers will pay $20 then that is the price whether you are talking about ebooks or a pitcher and pizza deal. This pricing used to be quite regional which is a problem in the global economy. Books in Canada always have a higher price than in the US which makes us angry; it is difficult to explain but most books in stores sell at retail price, strangely the same retailer will offer deep online discounts, I assume to compete with US e-tailers.
I hate, hate, hate geo-restrictions and agree that it invites piracy or in the very least, DRM removal. I hate it when iTunes UK and Japan won't sell me e-things with my Canadian issued credit card when amazon UK or Japan will gladly ship me, for high shipping costs, the same item in physical form. This is infuriating as a customer; I want to buy it but they insist I buy it from my local branch which doesn't carry it.
amazon itself however infuriates Canadians by limiting what we can buy and use compared to those in the US. Due to cloud restrictions they won't sell the Fire outside of the US which boggles the mind.
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