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March 22, 2013 10:22 am EST

Apple, Microsoft and Adobe give reasons for higher prices in Australia, can't guarantee you'll like them

Apple, Microsoft and Adobe give reasons for higher prices in Australia, can't guarantee you'll like them

Talk about ants in their pants. After giving regulators the runaround and repeatedly dodging the question of why they charge Australians so much more than Americans for the same products, senior executives from Apple, Microsoft and Adobe have finally been forced to sit down in front from a parliamentary committee. They weren't always especially helpful, mind you, but they did at least offer some justification as to why, on average, their products cost 50 percent more in that country. Read on for a quick rundown of who said what.

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Source: Reuters, Herald Sun, The Australian, ZDNet


Original Link: http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/22/apple-microsoft-and-adobe-give-reasons-for-higher-prices-in-aus/

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