Only 20% of software in US pirated, lowest % in the world.

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ChichiriMuyo said:

famousringo said:
Doesn't the US also have some of the lowest software prices? From what I've seen, they're very high in Europe, and people in developing economies have less disposible income to spend on computer software and hardware, raising the price from an opportunity cost perspective.

Just searching for an obvious explanation here.

 

Acrually, that's a very reasonable explanation.  The reason the US is the country with the least piracy is because it is the one with the most people that can afford the prices while countries where people can't have the highest rates.  Though the deal about prices being higher in Europe doesn't seem to matter much.  The fact of the matter is that absolutely everything costs more in most parts of Europe and people get paid more there as well.  Minimum wage in, say, Ireland is 50% higher than the US.  At least.

And at least you get access to all the fancy stuff iTunes etc and don't have to wait months for delayed releases of soft.

This is also big part of why people pirate.