Apple will be raising App Store prices in Australia, report says

Any Aussie Internet user is more than familiar with the "Australia tax" — the slightly higher price companies often ping Australians with when purchasing anything from electronics and software to television and games.

That's why Apple's latest move will be unpleasantly familiar Down Under, though perhaps you can really blame the Aussie dollar. Apple is raising app and in-app purchase prices within the next day or two in Australia, 9to5Mac reported, as well as in Indonesia and Sweden.

In a notice to developers sighted by the outlet, Apple said it was changing prices within the next 36 hours due to fluctuating foreign exchange rates. It added that those in-country users who subscribed to apps would receive an email from Apple notifying them of the price change and allowing them to turn off their subscription if they wished. Read more...