[chii]

> charging more to those that can pay more is a very common approach.

and all consumers dislike price discrimination. Airlines is the classic example.

It's just that those companies do this because they can. And i hate it. I much prefer a static, single price for a product.

[homebrewer]

No, it's also because some consumers can't pay the "original" price. Steam in "developing" countries is a classic example — you as a game developer can ask a guy from my country $60 for a game (and some companies do try that), but he will simply go back to torrent trackers because $60 is a week's worth of living expenses.

gaben figured that out and successfully expanded into many markets that were considered basket cases for software licensing.