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This 28-year-old pays $62 a month to live in a dumpster he built for $5,000—take a look inside (www.cnbc.com)
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[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

.com is a US commercial web domain. It makes sense for currencies to be converted to USD for a primarily US intended audience.

[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

No, .com is an international tld and you can convert prices while still listing the original like any other countries news source would do.

[–] explodicle@local106.com 1 points 11 months ago

You're right about their first argument, but it is indeed a primarily American audience.