Rotten Apple?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6520677.stm

seems like Apple has been over charging UK customers for their iTunes music downloads:-

UK:77p a track
Everywhere else in the EU:66p a track

and people say microsoft are bad.. tut tut

I'm not shocked because here in the UK we get charged more for everything. It's common knowledge.

Even Microsoft charge more for Vista in the UK than they do anywhere else.

Don't get me started on the scam Adobe are running with their products. Basically we in the UK pay double what a person in the US would pay for Photoshop and other Adobe products.

The music industry is charging you more, not Apple.

Last I heard, Apple were removing the DRM from iTunes music downloads if customers paid 20p extra for the track.

If they do that I'll leave MSN MUsic and head over to iTunes.

Currently I have to use a DRM wma to MP3 converter if I want to listen to my music on a different machine or on my ipod.

Basically companies operating in the UK charge more money because they can.

Hence the ridiculous level of personal debt in the UK, where people borrow to have what they can't afford.

When I bought Paintshop Pro 9 from the Corel website, it was over £70 for the download version on the UK site, half that on the US site.

I bought it from the US site with my debit card and fed it a bogus US address. Saved nearly £40.

I don't know how they're allowed to get away with it with downloadable stuff. The price should be the same globally.

Actually I believe that's EMI, so you'll only be able to get non-DRM for artists signed to EMI. At least for now.

Yeah its just EMI for now. But when everybody else realises that the only people damaging the music industry, is the music industry itself, they're bound to follow suit.

Are the pay wages much higher in the UK or something?

It's just I really can't wrap my head as to how insane the prices are over there in comparison to what I pay over here in Canada....
(if I were living there I'd be a huge fan of importing....)

well,wages do vary (obviously) but the goverment sets out the minimum you can legally pay someone,depending on their age:



so,if someone aged 22+ works 39 hours (no overtime) they will muster £10850 a year,which means they are in the 22% income tax bracket,which will leave them £8463 a year (but this is before any National Insurance contributions are taking into account)

baring in mind,people that are on minimum wage usually have jobs that do involve long hours and plenty of overtime,such as security guards etc etc or for people who just want a 'second income',like cleaners/bar staff

even manual labour could start at minimum wage,but thats for workers who are'nt experienced,usually, their wages are topped up to roughly £6.50-£7 p/h after a year or so on building sites

The uk has been proven to be the workhorse of europe (thats why they are probably as keen a mustard to get us in there),we work longer hours and have less holidays than everyone else

because at these prices,weve got to! :-]

I thought apple overcharged for everything in the UK (kinda like everyone else does)