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Even if most major websites & apps started in the US this is a problem, because they're thinking is deeply limited, they think small, they think United States,
by MrVandemar 3y ago
Even if most major websites & apps started in the US this is a problem, because they're thinking is deeply limited, they think small, they think United States, when their reach and audience is fundamentally every country on Earth, instead of one or a small handful.
The number of times, on UK websites or US websites, something is advertised as "Coming in Spring 2024", it baffles me. What months happen to be defined as "Spring" is dependant on which hemisphere of the planet you happen to be on.
It's parochial and wierd.
- Philadelphia 3y agoBut there’s no reason the rest of the world has to use the same web sites. It’s “parochial and weird” to expect that everything on the internet will be tailored for every country automatically.
- MrVandemar 3y agoThe rest of the world sometimes has to use the same websites. I live in Australia. I listen to a series of audio dramas created in the UK. They have a website, and sell and promote their releases there. This is the source of information about these items. And when they say "Coming Spring 2024" they are not thinking about their global audience, and I can't get any information about these releases from other websites. It's parochial and wierd to use an arbitary metric based on what hemisphere you're in and assuming your entire audience is restricted to that hemisphere (or at least, not caring about the others). It's clear and simple to say "Coming September 2024". That's not tailored for a country, it's tailored for a set of non-geographical overlapping cultures, some of whom might want to give you money.
- pjc50 3y agoThey kinda do, because in a global market there tends to be a single global market leader. There aren't a hundred different per-country Spotify (a Swedish company!) clones, for example.