Some good news finally, free roaming is so nice to have, it eliminates one of the many things you have to take care of before traveling somewhere else in the EU.

I can't get enough of these EU measures for bringing us closer together, this is what the EU should be

what I’d like to know is, in 2023, why extra costs/charges for things like long-distance/international calling and roaming even exist anymore other than to gouge customers for the enrichment of greedy corporations?

I wonder why this is still limited in time?
Is this still in some kind of test phase or something?

As a Canadian, roam like home can be 15$/day just for the USA, it's insane here ☹️

It also ensures better roaming services for travellers. For example, consumers are entitled to the same mobile network quality and speed abroad as at home, where equivalent networks are available.

Interesting. Does that mean up until now operators where able to offer worse access? For example prohibiting access to 4G and keeping roaming units on 2G networks?

I have had some unpleasant experience in Germany where "local" units had access to faster networks than me and my partner.