In the following hours the Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), will increase application prices for all countries of the European Unions, Canada and Norway, according to the email to iTunes Connect members who discovered it Apple Insider.
It was something to be expected, at least for our region, since on January 1, a law of the European Union, also known as 2008 / 8 / EC directive, according to which prices of apps, e-books and songs are growing by about 6,5% in all member states.
The purpose of this decision was to "close" a tax window that exploited specific Companies, since in some cases they charged lower VAT. than it normally should.