Hello,
There is no price increase: Orbx has just started, as of today, to charge VAT.
Now, I won't discuss this (legal) decision, since they are forced to charge VAT, but, I would like to bring forward three points:
1. Customers will not pay all of a sudden with 19% more (European country).
2. Prepar3D is already an old platform, so it makes no sense to pay even higher prices for P3D addons.
3. MSFS 2020, in its premium package (which I own also), doesn't quite need addons, besides some study-level aircraft addons and some airports (after one exhausts the airports already included in the premium package) - especially for VFR flight, which is all about the surroundings, and not airports.
I won't argue whether this full VAT increase is correct or not, I will just say that maybe Orbx should rethink the prices for European customers.