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18 pieces on why the same product costs what it does where you live, each one computed from the dataset at build time rather than written once and left to rot.
Everything we have written
Newest first. Each figure inside is read from the data on every build, so an article that was right in July is still right today.
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Netflix price by country in 2026: every plan, from Netflix itself
Every Netflix plan in every country we track, from Netflix’s own Help Center: cheapest and dearest countries, ad and Mobile plans, dollar billing.
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Disney+ price by country in 2026: Premium, Standard and the ad plan
Disney+ regular prices, not six-month offers, from its own country pages: where each plan is sold, the cheapest and dearest countries, Premium vs Standard.
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Steam regional pricing: the cheapest storefronts at list price
Popular PC games as one basket in every Steam storefront we track, at list price not sale price: cheapest and dearest countries, game by game.
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The cheapest Nintendo eShop: Switch game prices by country
Switch games in every European and American eShop we read, from Nintendo’s own price service: the cheapest eShop, big releases, eShop region rules.
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App Store or website: how much more a subscription costs in the iPhone app
The same plan in the same country, on the website and in the iPhone app: where the app costs more, by how much, and why fair comparisons never mix them.
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Spotify Premium price by country in 2026, from Spotify itself
Individual, Student, Duo and Family in every country we track, from Spotify’s own pages: cheapest and dearest countries and where Family was dropped.
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The cheapest single country for all your subscriptions
The one country that saves most on a whole set of subscriptions — streaming, AI, an everyday mix — from the US, UK, Germany, Canada and Australia.
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YouTube Premium raised US prices in 2026 — the before and after
Every US YouTube Premium tier went up. The old and new prices tier by tier, what the increase costs a year, and where Premium still costs less.
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Cheapest countries for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity
Which AI assistants price by region and which charge the same everywhere: live prices in every country, and the cheapest country for all of them.
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Adobe Creative Cloud price by country: one software suite, very different bills
Creative Cloud costs several times more in some countries for the same software: the cheapest regions, why the student plan often wins, what Adobe checks.
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How to get YouTube Premium cheaper: live prices & checkout guide
YouTube Premium in every country we track: the cheapest countries, how Google Pay card checks work, and which payment methods succeed.
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How to use Revolut virtual cards for foreign subscriptions
Using multi-currency virtual cards for regional signups: currency conversion, card country checks and recurring billing without surprise fees.
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Spotify Premium regional pricing: cheapest countries & 14-day rule
Spotify Individual and Family compared across countries, how account region locks behave, and the payment workarounds that work.
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Xbox Game Pass & PS Plus: cheapest countries & region rules
Xbox Game Pass, PlayStation Plus and Nintendo Switch Online compared worldwide: where gaming subscriptions cost least and how store regions work.
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The cheapest country for subscriptions, measured properly
Every subscription priced against its world median, country by country: the cheapest and dearest countries overall, and how wide the gap really is.
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Why the same Netflix plan costs many times more in some countries
The same Netflix plan costs several times more in some countries. How purchasing-power pricing works, why Netflix does it, and the price map today.
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Is buying subscriptions through a VPN legal? What happens
Not a crime, but usually against the terms of service. What realistically happens, service by service, and illegal versus against the rules.
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Paying for foreign subscriptions: what works, what fails
The VPN is the easy half; the card is where regional signups fail. Which payment methods pass which checkouts, and the order to try them in.