Sure, of course. It mirrors the fault lines in the real world. The most obvious is language; non-English speakers are hugely disadvantaged. The native language

Sure, of course. It mirrors the fault lines in the real world. The most obvious is language; non-English speakers are hugely disadvantaged. The native language of coding, code documentation, tooling and lots of other content is US English. Next, there's the question of access to the first world. Increasingly, '2nd tier' countries are siloed in search engines and sales sites and kept away from first world wealth. Consider the idea of if you wanted to buy an authentic Egyptian rug, from Egypt. Maybe try it now; go to Google and have a go. Your first issue is that you won't get Egyptian results; Google (and Bing and friends) have siloed you into your geographic area and only vend results relevant to you. So you change your search settings to search in Egypt and you'll still find that it's almost useless and you're getting results local to you. A real pain. On top of this, the so-called "unbanked" masses from less privileged countries struggle hugely with access to ubiquitous payment systems like PayPal, and are subject to rough handling, next to no customer service and very overbearing terms if they do qualify. I truly do not envy people trying to run an honest business through this gauntlet.