<b>Heard: vendors are killing the regional pricing loophole</b>

<b>Heard: vendors are killing the regional pricing loophole</b>
Word is the days of grabbing a tool at a cheaper regional price through a VPN are ending — vendors got wise and now geo-lock by billing address and payment card origin, not IP. The ones who tolerated it are quietly enforcing now because the arbitrage was eating margin in their highest-volume markets. If your stack rode purchasing-power pricing, expect a "verify your billing region" email and a true-up to local rates at renewal. Budget for the real price, not the loophole one. The grace period's closing. Watching this.