I am sure it would be tons easier for Amazon to only have one multilingual European storefront, but:
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Originally Posted by fjtorres
The way I understand it the common market simply means no tariffs or added paperwork on stuff moving within the EU. It does not imply identical tax regimes on products or identical business climates.
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Unfortunately, that's exactly it.
You remember when they lied to us trying to make us believe how much better a single market and a single currency would be for us? They did not actually mean "us". Hell, I have to jump through hoops to purchase French music and ebooks when in the States AND when in Germany. Only way to do it is via Hide My Ass and a completley different account. Such a hassle, it would be tons easier to just torrent my content.