you jest but every time I see a startup launching/releasing a beta with an app that only works on ios (like clubhouse) I immediately think: right, you only care about rich people.
I mostly agree but I think that if you're early in a product cycle it makes sense to focus on one platform for versatility and agility as you continue to evolve the app. Lots of things change in the first year or two. And it seems like it's almost always better for an app to start with high-prestige users and have them be the aspirational model user that the plebs can then follow.
@funkyduffy @aly yes, I agree. It's a rational thing to do.
But you could imagine a better world in which companies also seek to be maximally inclusive from the get go, and think of the cost of doing business with people from other backgrounds as part of the equation.
@funkyduffy @aly perhaps non-profits and capped profit companies are better positioned to take this attitude though.
@aly @flancian Of course, I would expect a vile, sinful cishet white male power structure like Twitter to be systematically biased against the black and brown people in the developing world.
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