[andsoitis]

Price can vary by market. Many companies already do this both for products and services, as well as subscriptions.

[ayewo]

But once you throw a VPN into the mix, it's not so simple [1] [2]. It then becomes a game of whack-a-mole where you have to obscure how pricing parity is done [3].

1: https://twitter.com/levelsio/status/1600232199243984897

2: https://twitter.com/levelsio/status/1600246753348882432

3: https://twitter.com/dannypostmaa/status/1600372062958538752

[Archipelagia]

I think the goal here is not money, but making it enough of a hassle that spammers wouldn't bother.

So if someone from US actually wants to go through the trouble to save $3, well, at least they're unlikely to be a bot.

[midoridensha]

I guess you haven't heard of a VPN?

[andsoitis]

You can require address as part of credit card validation.

[midoridensha]

So only people with credit cards are allowed to use the forum? That shuts out a lot of people, especially in places where credit cards aren't used.

[andsoitis]

You’re right that credit cards are not a universal MOP (method of payment). Other options include debit cards, or systems like iDEAL, PayPal, etc.

[midoridensha]

Right, and those completely vary from country to country. Trying to get one website to support the common authenticated payment systems worldwide is basically impossible unless that website is Google.com.

[fragmede]

I guess you haven't considered making a list of IPs VPNs use as an intern project to setup over the winter