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I'm a South African. I worked a a dev shop and we have a sort of meme in our office, we call it "South African innovation". It came about from realizing how man
by instakill 13y ago
I'm a South African. I worked a a dev shop and we have a sort of meme in our office, we call it "South African innovation". It came about from realizing how many start-up services from here are almost mirror-images of successful international start-ups. They don't just serve the same market, they're pretty much the same website, but for South Africans. Now whenever we spot a new service or an idea that is clearly an imitation of an existing thing, it is jokingly referred to as South African innovation. It's not dire, but it's a shame.
- ma2rten 13y agoI don't think it's a bad thing, unless they are really stealing the source code/layout of the page. Most successful businesses are not original ideas, but just slightly better/different iterations of an existing idea. Now I am sure that building a website for South Africa has it's own challenges, e.g. number of languages spoken, slow internet connection to the rest of the world, different cultures, etc. Why not have an South African version of X?