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you are so far in the niche in today's internet userbase it will not matter
by waihtis 3y ago
you are so far in the niche in today's internet userbase it will not matter
- activiation 3y agoIt doesnt to Facebook but it doesnt matter to me either... You would have to pay me to install a Facebook app.
- drcongo 3y agoThey did actually try that once. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/30/facebook-paid-13-year-olds-for-access-to-all-their-internet-data https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/30/facebook-...
- triyambakam 3y agoUser base if the West, but not predominantly the world
- peoplefromibiza 3y agoNot even that. Threads is not available in EU, which is the biggest chunk in terms of population of the so called West.
- waihtis 3y agoIf I had to make a guess I would have supposed non-West to be overwhelmingly mobile first also. Is this not true?
- triyambakam 3y agoYes that's what I was intending to say. So I agree with you, that the idea that a user who prefers mobile first being niche is highly specific to the West.
- fennecfoxy 3y agoLmao, the world outside the West is MORE mobile based than the West. Many citizens of many countries can't afford a laptop or desktop setup, go to a small village in Thailand or something and they'll all have cheap Chinese Android phones as their connection to the local outside worlds.
- triyambakam 3y agoThat's what I thought I said. I'm responding to this point: > you are so far in the niche in today's internet userbase it will not matter That the idea that a user who wants a web app (mobile first) is niche is only applicable to the West; that most of the rest of the world wants a web app.
- AdamN 3y agoHmm, I do think it matters though. Alot of people read news/articles on the web and then they'll be abandoned when they try to click through if they're on a desktop. Meta needs to figure out a web solution but it's not critical just yet and it can be narrowly focused on just this situation.