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I suspect piracy will become increasingly popular in these countries

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[–] Terramaris@lemmy.dbzer0.com 77 points 1 year ago (2 children)

At first when I saw the title, I thought this was done to stop people who VPN swap stores. The article however paints a different picture: Developers do not want Lira or Pesos since they are too unstable. Doesn't make sense to price a game at X Argentine Peso if next month X is now 30% less valuable. If you have too much inflation, no one wants your currency. Even the Argentine government or presidential candidates said something along the lines of wanting to swap to the USD too.

[–] anzo@programming.dev 33 points 1 year ago

There's a running candidate that said that, but that's the same candidate that said so many crazy shit and lies. So, you can take it with a grain of salt. Even if that candidate won the upcoming elections, I hope that dissolving Argentina's central bank is not going to happen because of many reasons, but also because the country has a parliament... They shouldn't allow it.

[–] Alisu@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Which wouldn't help much, because then they would depend on the dollar, the properties of which are developed for the US economy, not Argentina's. But for steam? Whatever, charge in dollars, it's easier.

[–] green_square@yiffit.net 3 points 1 year ago

Trust me it’s better than depending on the peso