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So, let’s say that I want to buy Adobe Lightroom. It seems to be a nifty software and I may like it better that the software bundled with my camera. So I go to Adobe’s website. Lightroom, right. $299. Well, seems fair.

But then, the troubles arrive. I’ll click on “buy online”. I’m in France, as it asks. And now the price is 297.80 EUR. What?! Can someone tell Adobe about the current euro/dollar rate? Currently, Google tells me that $299 is really 190 EUR. Even with the taxes, it wouldn’t reach more than 230 EUR.

Ok, there’s a “download” option, let’s use that. But now the price is 301.29 EUR. Uh? Can someone tell Adobe that usually, “download editions” are meant to have a lower price, since the editor doesn’t have to handle physical packages to send?

Duh, I’ll stick to my bundled software and eventually gimp/seashore, thanks.

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