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Valve loses a court case in the EU and has to pay 1.6 million euros in fines for geoblocking (mezha.media)
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[โ€“] Phanatik@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was punishing the consumer rather than the distributors abusing the regional pricing.

[โ€“] phillaholic@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago

Yes, but it was the part they have control over. The alternative is not having regional pricing allowing lower income countries to buy games at all.