There is a lot of talk about how Australians are overcharged for hardware and software items compared to other countries. The Federal Parliament has convened a Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Communications to investigate "price gouging" in the IT industry, particularly from the likes of Apple, Adobe, Microsoft, and other tech giants.
The United States is a particularly common source of ire, and many people point at US prices compared to Australia as evidence for gouging. There's a number ...
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